Ian Crisp wrote:

>Bob may well be right that "we" will never agree on a definition - but
>that does not mean that the pursuit of such a definition is a pointless
>activity.  There may be valuable understandings to be found along the way
>- and in my personal history of exploration of the boundaries of music,
>there certainly have been.

Well, Ian.  I agree with you entirely.  The only thing I would add that is
if anyone does not accept that definition of music, they are just making
life difficult for themselves and others.  But I do think that everyone
does know instinctively what is music and, whether they like it or not,
that definition covers anything that can be reasonably called music.

David Stewart
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