Don Satz on definitions of music:

>Everything's fine as it is.  Most humans have a similar
>notion/feeling of what constitutes music.

Some of us have this constitutional problem - we just can't be happy with
"most" and "similar".  We want precision, dammit.  *Everyone* must agree.
No-one can be allowed to have their own ideas.

>Dictionaries have definitions of music.

And you believe everything you read? Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised to
find two mutually incompatible dictionary definitions.  If not more.

>Schools provide definitions of music.

Probably far too many of them.  And since when did schools provide the last
word on any subject?

>And with all that, any individual can and may possess any definition
>desired/felt.

Exactly. A recipe for chaos and confusion.

>I think it all works out very well.

And this is the best of all possible worlds, no doubt.

What it comes down to, Don, is simple. Some of us enjoy kicking these ideas
around. Some of us don't. It's a big enough world, isn't it?

Ian Crisp
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