Author: Østergaard, Edvin

Source: Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Volume 31, Number 3, September 2006 , pp. 261-274(14)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

The work Albert Einstein published in 1905 led to a revolution in physics and the way nature is explained. At the same time, his physics touches on profound existential questions which are also dwelt upon in the arts. This article addresses the relatedness of music and physics, art and science. The point of departure is my composition The Einstein Resoundings, and how writing it refined my sensitivity to the deeper layers of creative effort. I discuss points of contact between the spheres of music and physics: the phenomenon of quantum leaps, continuous and discontinuous structures in tone and atom, and the role of continuity and discontinuity in the act of creation. My reflection on the kinship of art and science is based on the notion of complementarities. This allows a double perspective on art and science as different in regard to activity and language, but similar in regard to their mutually complementing characters.

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/030801806X113784

Publication date: 2006-09-01

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