Task 6. Definition Music

Definition of music

  

An art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions insignificant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody,harmony, and color.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/music [24/09/12]

An often-cited definition of music, coined by Edgard Varèse, is that it is "organized sound" (Goldman 1961, 133).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_music [24/09/12]

The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/music [24/09/12]

The science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity

Vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/music [24/09/12]

The art and science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds or tones in varying melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre, esp. so as to form structurally complete and emotionally expressive compositions.

The sounds or tones so arranged, or the arrangement of these any rhythmic sequence of pleasing sounds, as of birds, water, etc.

The body of musical works of a particular style, place, period, or composer

http://www.yourdictionary.com/music [24/09/12]

A complex amalgam of melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre and silence in a particular (intended) structure (Hanslick)? A sonoric event between noise and silence (Attali)? A ‘total social fact’ (Molino)?

http://cobussen.com/teaching/what-is-music/ [24/09/12]