Music is a non-natural and non-semantic art. It is good at lyricism and abstract formal beauty, but not good at reasoning. Of course, it also has ideological qualities, but its expression is more tortuous.

For example, "The Moon Reflected in Two Springs" expresses the desolate life and emotional experience of the lower class in the old society. After listening to it, you will feel that the content is very profound. Where is the ideological nature? It depends on the listener to enrich it: to accuse the injustice of society, to express sympathy for oneself and the grassroots, and to express the pain of life. . .

The other is the ideological reflection reflected by the profound formal beauty, such as Bach's fugue. It is difficult to say what specific content is expressed, but the exquisite and complex counterpoint and imitation are appropriately presented in time. , little by little growth, development, convergence, the integration of highly rational and perceptual abilities, intertwined vertically and horizontally to form a towering tree that seems to be alive. . . This ideological quality reflects the depth of human musical thinking and the unique ideological quality of music.

Excerpted from Philharmonic