Steve Schwartz:

>>As long as music is concerned, no, I would not say it is only a
>>matter of taste.  Otherwise, could anyone explain what ART is all about?

Not me, chief.  That was Roberto.  I have no clue as to what art (by
implication, great art) is.  I can tell only what I enjoy and why.

>...  Currently, the most sensible theory, at least such it seems to me,
>is that art, including that of music, is what is recognized as art by
>institutions considered authoritative by particular societies.

And there lies the rub.  I can't think of an institution considered
authoritative in matters of art.  The closest I can come is the French
Academy, and that's a bad joke.

Steve Schwartz