Female wrote:

>By this definition wouldn't a smoke detector's alarm be music? It is
>certainly a sound that is contemplated and consciously designed in order
>to create a specific effect.

I don't think that that is what the California dude (comtempleted sound)
and certainly my def say.

>To me, one element of a definition of music would probably be that it must
>be intended to be music.

A bit circular but I know what you are aiming at.  That why my def.  said
"organized by the composer to [for the purpose of, intending to] control
the evocation of emotions ..."

Bill Pirkle