The consideration of key ideas regarding the fundamental nature
of music, or aspects of music, as well as of music within the
broader philosophical study of the history of ideas. Some
traditional concerns of the philosophy of music are - aesthetics
; music and emotions ; musical expression, meaning and
understanding ; performance and interpretation. Philosophical
studies may also overlap with social or political studies of
music. The philosophy of music is also concerned with
ontological issues, or establishing what music is and what it is
not. The study of electroacoustic music may draw upon
traditional concerns of music philosophy, may highlight new
areas of study (e.g. with the philosophy of technology), or may
draw upon philosophical developments that were broadly
synchronous with musical ones (e.g. phenomenology).