Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UNHH!R_GELINA From: R_GELINA@UNHH.BITNET Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: time Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 90 19:47:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 13 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Original-To: allmusic@auvm, R_GELINAS J.Mcintyre: What I meant by saying that music is the one art form that depends on time is this: Music is wholly dependant, AT IT'S CORE, on the movement of time. Now obviously we as humans cannot be released from the movement of time, a nd so, yes, other art forms such as drama do "move" in time. But I think other art forms are not time-oriented, as music is (although some modernist art, such as a funnel steadily dripping water, are dependant on, and are pointing to, the movement of time). I think maybe the word "one" may imply too much; what I meant was that music is THE art form that ALWAYS depends on time, and cannot escape it's grasp without ceasing to be music. Other art forms may act in similar ways at times, but again I don't believe it is at their core. I hope this makes sense......... HD