Chris:

>In a general sense, a distinction can be made between "craft" and "art".
>Craft tends to emphasize function and method; art emphasizes the idea of
>"being there for the sake of itself."

But music is an art in which "craft" and "art" can become ambigious.
The composer may conceive of a work in a particular form, but if, upon the
completion of the work, the work appears constructed from a certain mode,
then the work is craft; but if the composer de-emphasizes the form, perhaps
by bringing out certain musical subleties, then the work is transformed
from craft to art.

There is another way the distinction can be ambigious.  Some musical works
were composed for a particular function.  One could get around this problem
by saying that whether a work qualifies as art or craft is subjective, or
music only gets its function if someone attaches one to a work.

Maybe this is a little confusing.  But, that is what can happen when you
take an Aesthetics course.

Meri