Sculpture, painting and other art forms are solidified in space, which makes people clear at a glance. When we appreciate a work of art, we first see the whole work of art, and then we taste its details. Music, on the other hand, should unfold and flow in time. When we appreciate music, we will first start from the details, start from the parts, and leave us with an overall impression until the whole song is played (sung). It is impossible to obtain a complete musical image only by listening to individual fragments in musical works. Therefore, music art is also an art of time.
As an auditory art, musical images are developed in time, presented, developed and ended in the movement as time goes on. The so-called "musical image" refers to the image or artistic conception that the whole musical work shows the artist's thoughts and feelings and arouses in the appreciator's thoughts and feelings. For example, "Moonlit Night on the Spring River" uses sweet, comfortable and quiet tunes to express the feeling of boating on the picturesque Chunjiang River on the moonlit night in the south of the Yangtze River, creating a fascinating musical mood.
unlike literature or painting, music works can be directly enjoyed by people as long as the author completes the creation and the creation process is over. Music works must pass through the intermediate link of performance, in order to convey the images expressed by the works to the appreciators and realize the aesthetic value of their artistic works. Therefore, music is the art of performance, which needs to be further recreated by performance.
when the composer recorded vivid music thoughts in the form of music scores, he had already taken away his soul, leaving only a series of lifeless musical symbols. And the way to bring music works back to life and turn music scores into living music is music performance. If there is no music performance, music works will always exist only in the form of music scores, and will not become real music.
No matter which composer writes down the music score, there is a certain gap between them and their music thoughts. In order to make up this gap, to explore the hidden music ideas in the music score, and to enrich and supplement the things that can't be recorded in the music score, all these depend on the re-creation of music performers. Therefore, music is also the art of performance, and music works can only be accepted by the audience through performance.