Versuch einer Philosophie des Schönen in der Musik, oder Aesthetik der Tonkunst - Schilling, Gustav 1805-1880 (Mainz Grossh, 1838)
Gustav Schilling was a German musicologist, editor and lexicographer. He published numerous books on music and music education, in which he advocated a value-conservative-classical view of art, according to which the "perfection of mankind", The standard of all art, connected with the popular educational ideal, was that music practice and music knowledge could be learned by all, if one only applied the right system.
The "Versuch..." draws on Carl Seidel's "Charinomos. Beiträge zur allgemeinen Theorie und Geschichte der schönen Künste" (two volumes, Magdeburg 1825 and 1828)
Zugleich ein Supplement zu allen grösseren musikalischen Theorieen, und ein Hand- und Lesebuch für die Gebildeten aus allen Ständen zur Förderung eines guten Geschmacks in musikalischen Dingen.
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Music philosophy and esthetics