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- Overcoming the objectification of western classical music with the concept of music as a processPublication . Dolinsek, Davorin; Parra Mas, José MariaThe purpose of this work was to examine the ideas about Western classical music. The main barrier for people at large to have a more multidimensional understanding of music, seems to be the objectification of music; i.e. that the music is generally understood as something complete, self-contained, something that can be defined, or even measured. Such knowledge, if isolated from the context of Western society, can lead to a limited understanding of music phenomenon. This dissertation suggests that the music may be understood as the living interface of various processes inside Western culture such as musical activity (e.g. composing, performing, listening), socio-cultural mentality (e.g. ways of thinking, education), the use of language, etc. An attempt was made to clarify the condition in which these processes influence each other. The dissertation aimed to explain the objectification of music in the contemporary music practice, and tried to find the roots and the contributors to such an understanding of music. Finally, the work explored the idea of transformation of the Western music culture by the social changes and technological innovations of the 20th and 21th centuries regarding the main question: has the mentioned transformation helped overcome the deterministic concept of ‘music as an object’? The conclusions could not offer an affirmative answer to this question. Adding to the theoretical basis of this dissertation, a series of interviews was conducted in order to investigate the subject’s perception of Western classical music. Many traces of the objectification of music have been found in the answers but, on the other hand, some answers served with a holistic, multidimensional view of music. The variety found in answers may suggest that the understanding of music is a very personal issue, what would explain why it is so hard to generalize it. Moreover, this work concludes with the though, that the objective understanding of music is practically impossible. The closest we might get to the objectivity in our understanding of music phenomenon is to investigate music in a social context, and allow oneself to take into account the diversified thoughts on music, coming from the personal musical experience.