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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Poetry

The article, "Philosophy of Music" stated that poetry was excluded from the definition of music. Yet, poetry's beauty lies in its meaning as well as the procession of each syllable sound. What differs poetry from any other written paragraph is its expression, metaphoric language, musicality (in my opinion). Syllables have soft and hard sounds and well as sharp, dull, tinny, dark, bright, etc. sounds. This as well as the use of intonation and inflection when reading poetry gives the words melodic contour in a sense. Rhythm/meter is also a tool used in poetry and gives the poem its shape and temporal characteristics. Finally, poems also use dynamics, emphasizing certain words and phrases, stressing importance, or simply used to illustrate emotion.

Question: Since poetry can have melodic contour, rhythm/meter, and dynamics what does poetry lack, that makes it unqualified to be considered music?

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There has been some dispute over the meaning of sound terms. I think it was set straight that noise is an audible vibration that may or may not be heard. A sound is an audible vibration that is heard. Silence is the absence of sound and noise. Music is something beyond organized sound.


The dictionary defines noise as an undesired sound, which contradicts our definition. I'm sure everyone's heard the phrase, "that's not music, it's noise." This raises the question: Can something considered music objectively, not be music subjectively? If a piece of music is undesirable to an individual, does that mean that it is subjectively noise? This can apply to art as well, some think that a urinal is not art, but a piece of junk in an art museum. That was not art until Duchamp labeled it so. So, is something only music when the composer calls it music?

I'll leave you with the questions: Can something considered music objectively, not be music subjectively? Is something only music when the composer calls it so?