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Defining music is as difficult as defining art.
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╨╧рб▒с > ■ 9 ; ■ 8 ье┴ 5@ Ё┐ 0 q2 bjbj╧2╧2 (> нX нX ├' н И Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ о о о о 8 ц Є о ╫ v V X X X X X X $ M R Я ц | Ъ | Ъ Ъ С $ $ $ Ъ Ъ V $ V $ $ 6 Ъ Ъ 6 ЁН╣Ї╡Р╟ о 6 V з 0 ╫ 6 Е Е 6 о о Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Е Ъ 6 $ | | $ Defining music is as difficult as defining art. It is a problem that has been tackled at various times by philosophers, lexicographers, composers, teachers, students and various other musicians. The word has been used to mean various things from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to a printed document showing how a piece is to be performed (as in sheet music). The question of what the art form we now call music actually consists and does not consist of is, however, something still argued about today. The word itself comes from the Greek mousikъ (tekhnъ) (??????? (?????)) by way of the Latin musica. It is ultimately derived from mousa, the Greek word for muse. In ancient Greece, the word mousike was used to mean any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses. Later, in Rome, ars musica embraced poetry as well as what we now think of as music. Our...
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