Tag: art
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What’s the difference between music as art and music as entertainment or decoration?
There is a clear relation in this question to an earlier post which offers a definition of art. I posed the question to myself in this form after listening to the results of algorithms I am developing using Wolfram Codes 1 for rhythm generation. I will not even attempt to offer a lengthy, philosophically-rounded answer…
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A definition of art and one view of pop music
I wrote the following definition and commentary because my view of art sometimes raises objections—as should any strong view of something so intangible—most recently in my teaching at the Folkwang University, where pop music composition takes its place alongside electronic, instrumental, and composition and visualisation. My criticism of the music industry and commercial music is sometimes…