James Tobin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Mitch Friedfeld:
>
>>What is it called when the music takes the shape of what's in the lyrics?
>
>Mimesis.  An ancient Greek term meaning imitation or representation.

I like this word to describe it. I have never seen it before as musical
term, but it means imitation, and if whole societies and cultures can
develop through mimesis why not music?

Mats Norrman
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