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From: gam@proper.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music.classical,net.music
Subject: Re: In defense of `What is music, anyway?'
Message-ID: <1191@proper.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-May-84 14:02:47 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  5 14:02:47 1984
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Keywords: music,nature,mankind,noise

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I disagree that music must be in the realm of human creation and
not `automatic' or in the realm of nature.  Birdsong, the songs
of whales, and even mechanical and `natural' noises (wind, sea,
etc) are at times music to my ears, literally.

More importantly, I do not like the split between `nature' and
`Man'; human beings are natural creatures, too -- a product of
nature.

There are times I would rather hear the tricking of a stream than
<your-least-favorite-music-here>.


"Man is the animal that builds freeways."