Beauty indeed is, if it is in the eye of the holder because the eye and the beholder are. I'm sorry, I don't see the circularity of my statement. If you want to assert the objective superiority of some music, can you tell me how you determine said superiority? How does one establish that some music is objectively superior?
Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lutelist" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Blackmore, was : A "normal" voyce ? > Gary, > > --- gary digman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Of course we make distinctions. Which is what we do > > when we say we prefer > > one piece of music over another. > > This is the type of circular argument that gets kids > Fs on their gradeschool book reports: "I liked it > because it was good." Preference is only preference. > > > > But, it seems to > > me, to assert that one > > piece of music is objectively superior to another is > > to impugn the taste of > > one who prefers the supposedly inferior music. This > > I think easily lends > > itself to elitism and snobbery. > > > Not at all. The superior music is not always the > thing that is prefered. We're talking about judging > the work itself, not the listener's preference. And > we can recognize the existence of personal preference > without raising it to the level of law. One can enjoy > a lot of different styles for a variety of reasons; > some of it better than others, all of it worthy of > being. > > > > I think beauty is truly in the eye (or ear) of the > > beholder. > > > > Then there is no such thing as beauty. > > Chris > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > Get your email and see which of your friends are online - Right on the New Yahoo.com > (http://www.yahoo.com/preview) > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.428 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: 10/27/2006 3:15 PM > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
