Mozart And Me

Defining music is incredibly difficult and most get it wrong. Music seems to be all things to all people. It has been defined so broadly that it simultaneously means everything and nothing at the same time. For example, one person defines music as,"Music is the art of arranging tones in an orderly sequence so as to produce a unified and continuous composition. Music is science. Music is math. Music is a foreign language. Music is history. Music is physical education. And most of all, music is art." In this episode we explore the three leading dictionaries, Oxford, Cambridge, and Webster, to see how they define music. Turns out, they're not quite sure what music is. Perhaps this is why everyone else seems to be confused.  Finally, I will offer my working definition of music. This is a fascinating topic which deserves a conversation. What do you think? Does this definition make sense to you?