Abstract: Author of the book is Doctor of Arts, Professor of the Moscow State. Conservatory. Tchaikovsky Valentina Kholopova. The subject of the study was to academic art of music in general, considered from various sides: the history of the concept of "music", features music, musical image, music as a language, musical intonation. A particular focus of work was the musical content, making comparisons were set problems "content" with "semantics" and "hermeneutics", discussed the concept of special musical content - "special and non-special musical content", "three sides of the musical content." Contents also considered in the triad: composer, performer, listener. Connecting the psychological aspect summarized the problems of conscious and unconscious perception of music, psychological analysis of musical form. Introduced also axiological aspect, thanks to the development of criteria for the artistic value of music. The research methodology thus became an integrated, interdisciplinary, connected the theoretical and historical musicology, installation aesthetics, philosophy, semiotics, psychology, linguistics, axiology. The novelty of the work lies in the complexity of this methodology, will open a previously not shown properties of musical art - an aspect ratio of content in different eras, different composers and performers in different works, the distinction between musical eras on the basis of the canon and heuristics, the role of emotions in music, musical manifestation of intonation in the phenomena of Sonora and the sound of music as a language statement, establishing the role of the conscious / unconscious, typology of music listeners, the introduction of the original system of the artistic value of the music. Performance deserves translation into foreign languages, thanks to its fundamental nature, and lack of modern analogues in foreign musicology.

Abstract: The author of the book is Doctor of Arts, Professor at the Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Valentina Nikolayevna Kholopova. The object of the research is serious, classical music in general examined from the most varied sides: the history of the concept of “music,” the functions of music, the musical image, music as a language and musical intonation. A special direction of this work is the content of music, which has set the issues of comparison of “content” with “semantics” and “hermeneutics,” and has examined special concepts of music content – “specialized and non-specialized musical content” and “three sides of musical content.” Content is also examined in the triad of composer, performer and listener. Involving the psychological aspect led to the problems of conscious and subconscious in the perception of music, as well as psychological analysis of musical form. The axiological aspect has also been brought in due to the elaboration of criteria of artistic value in music. The methodology of research, thereby, became complex and interdisciplinary, having connected theoretical and historical musicology, the foundations of aesthetics, philosophy, semiotics, psychology, linguistics and axiology. The novelty of the work consists in the indicated complexity of methodology, making it possible to disclose previously undemonstrated features of the art of music – the correlation of the sides of content in various epochs, among various composers and performers, in various compositions, the differentiation of musical epochs according to the signs of canon and heuristics, the role of emotions in music, the manifestation of musical intonation in the phenomenon of sonority and pitch, the assertion of music as a language, the establishment of the role of the conscious and subconscious, the typology of listeners to music, and introduction of an original system of artistic value in music. This work merits to be translated into other languages, because of its fundamental nature, modernity and lack of precedent in world musicology.

Abstract: The author of the book is Doctor of Arts, Professor at the Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Valentina Nikolayevna Kholopova. The object of the research is serious, classical music in general examined from the most varied sides: the history of the concept of “music,” the functions of music, the musical image, music as a language and musical intonation. A special direction of this work is the content of music, which has set the issues of comparison of “content” with “semantics” and “hermeneutics,” and has examined special concepts of music content – “specialized and non-specialized musical content” and “three sides of musical content.” Content is also examined in the triad of composer, performer and listener. Involving the psychological aspect led to the problems of conscious and subconscious in the perception of music, as well as psychological analysis of musical form. The axiological aspect has also been brought in due to the elaboration of criteria of artistic value in music. The methodology of research, thereby, became complex and interdisciplinary, having connected theoretical and historical musicology, the foundations of aesthetics, philosophy, semiotics, psychology, linguistics and axiology. The novelty of the work consists in the indicated complexity of methodology, making it possible to disclose previously undemonstrated features of the art of music – the correlation of the sides of content in various epochs, among various composers and performers, in various compositions, the differentiation of musical epochs according to the signs of canon and heuristics, the role of emotions in music, the manifestation of musical intonation in the phenomenon of sonority and pitch, the assertion of music as a language, the establishment of the role of the conscious and subconscious, the typology of listeners to music, and introduction of an original system of artistic value in music. This work merits to be translated into other languages, because of its fundamental nature, modernity and lack of precedent in world musicology.