[Dixielandjazz] Music is - Art is

[Steve barbone]

Yes, of course Russ. See first 4 sentences in the last paragraph below:
(belay that order Scottie. :-) VBG)

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Russ Guarino <russg at redshift.com>
 
> Beam me back to Earth, Scottie, this discussion has floated into neverland.
> 
> Bird songs and frog calls are certainly not art. They are part of natural
> earth.  Art is the reproduction, and interpretation, created by man, of some
> element of "earth song".
> 
> Russ Guarino
> 
>> "Edgerton, Paul A" wrote:
>> 
>>Paul> "Since music is the result of human effort and not random
>>occurrence, it is art."
 
>> Steve> "Human effort? Maybe not. What about bird songs, or frog mating
>> calls, especially the peepers here in the Eastern USA or many other such
>> songs. Aren't they "music", but not art? (since art is usually defined
>> as that which is produced by humans, as opposed to by nature) Why
>> shouldn't other animals be able to produce music? Especially now since
>> we are beginning to realize that other animals besides humans can
>> think."