Klarinet Archive - Posting 000717.txt from 1996/02

From: "Jill J. Bower" <jibow@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: anti-music????
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 11:00:34 -0500

At 03:56 PM 2/23/96 CST, you wrote:
> I agree maybe we should stick more toward music of the
>clarinet sort, but the issue of what is music and what is not music
>is an interesting topic. People have expressed themselves in many
>ways and who has the right to say one way is better than another.
>I was wondering if rap is wrong, than what do you consider some of
>the expressionists like John Cage and Berg. Is this music? I'm
>weary to call certain things music also, but what right is it to
>anyone to say that you can express your self one way and not the other.
>What other ideas do people have on this.
> Sean
>

What is music? It its the way people express themselves through the
use of voice and/or musical instruments. I think it is important for
musicians to expose themselves to a varitey of musical backgrounds, so we
can have a well-rounded understanding of music and stlye. Also no one has
the right to say which type of music is wrong, if you don't like it-don't
listen to it, or at least try to find some good quality in it to tolerate it.

Jaime