[net.music.classical] Cage, philosophy, etc.

anderson@uwvax.UUCP (05/29/84)

>>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)