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From: anderson@uwvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Cage, philosophy, etc.
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Date: Tue, 29-May-84 12:13:09 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 29 12:13:09 1984
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>>Cage's work belongs in the realm of philosophy, not music. I love music.
>>Philosophy generally bores me stiff.
>>
>>						Jeff Winslow
>
>Wait a minute!  Are you saying that philosophy amd music are entirely
>seperate entities?  ALL music belongs in the realm of philosophy, because
>it is impossible to listen to music without some theory of appreciating
>it.
>						Tom Twiss

Huh?  Where are you coming from?  It is quite possible to listen to music
without any theory of anything.  And if there is a theory of music
appreciation, it has much more to do with psychoacoustics than with
philosophy (at least for the music I like).

David Anderson (uwvax!anderson)