From: "Rusty Blasco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [313] so is it really music?
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:22:49 -0500
Dictionary definition of music according to Webster (sorry the edition is a
little old):
'the art and science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds or tones in
varying melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre, especially so as to form
structurally complete and emotionally expressive compositions'
interesting third definition:
'any rhythmic sequence of pleasing sounds, as of birds, water, etc.'
and:
'ability to respond to or take pleasure in music'
Music does not have to be melodious. It is merely a contemplated
arrangement of sounds for the purposes of communicating emotions. Believe
me, debates about what is music vs. what isn't raged in my mind for quite
some time during my early college years. Music is most essential when it
reflects the environment and society in which it was conceived, hence, the
increasing utilization of technological sounds (as an indication of
industrial and intellectual advancement). The beauty is in discovering the
underlying human thoughts and feelings which comprise the core of a piece
and subsequently a moment in time. The subjective experience of music (art
in general) protects it from the myopic qualifications which critics
(amateur and professional alike) impose upon it. Our desire to create
music
stems from a desire to convey our deepest emotions in a way words
themselves
can't oblige. It is a means to transcend our physical limits.
Here I will halt though I could probably compose a thesis on said subject.
Comments?
Rusty
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Interesting musicological prose Rusty but have you considered that if life
means little other than to procreate, all we acheive means little other than
to fuck. Can what we hear change the world for the better? If so how will
harmony, as in sound, change our position on this earth and will it be worth
the upheaval?
Shosh
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