High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Traditionally, the aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics concentrated on the quality and study of the beauty and enjoyment (plaisir and jouissance) of music. The origin of this philosophic sub-discipline is sometimes attributed to Baumgarten in the 18th century, followed by Kant. Through their writing, the ancient term `aesthetics`, meaning sensory perception, received its present day connotation. In recent decades philosophers have tended to emphasize issues besides beauty and enjoyment. Aesthetics is a sub-discipline of philosophy; however, many musicians, music critics, and other non-philosophers have contributed to the aesthetics of music.