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Definition of Music

Author: Roxann
Date: 2019-03-03 08:49

I just returned home after attending a university senior's composition recital AND a clarinet doctoral candidate's recital. I went into the two with my own idea of what "music" is and left wondering exactly WHAT it is! I asked one of the senior university students on the way out what his definition of music was and he replied, "Performance." I heard music by Mandat, Christopher Mitchell (amplified clarinet), and Anders Hillborg (written for Martin Frost) as well as music written for a trombone and flute and one written for euphonium and piano. Most of it was quite unlike anything I've heard before. With some of the pieces, my ears never did detect a sort of "melody," which didn't sit well with me. With the Mandat piece, anything and everything a clarinet(ist) could possibly do were included. Some of the pieces I thoroughly enjoyed and some couldn't have come to a finish soon enough.
I left wondering, "What IS the definition of MUSIC, anyway?" Is it similar to "Art is in the eye of the beholder?"
If nothing else, the evening sure got me to thinking!
P.S. The clarinet playing by Jeremy Ruth (Arizona State) was out of this world!
So...Just what is YOUR definition of MUSIC?

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