MUS 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Art Music, Enculturation, Mantle Hood
30 Sep 2015
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Composition is that activity or process of creating music. Both the creation of the interpretation of compositions in this restrictive sons are commonly distinguished from improvisation. It is no less common for composition within the constraints of a genre to be numbered among the basic obligations of social life. Music is a social facts and it becomes meaningful by entering the realm of social life. Music moves from one person to another, from one generation to another, from one community to another, and potentially throughout the whole world, our processes of music transmission. All forms of music transmission share two basic features: the production of music in their assumption of music. The way in which music is taught and learned constitutes one of the most important domains of music transmission. The process of composition is planning out the design of a musical work prior to its performance.
