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Old Apr 25 2008, 7:38 PM
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If one sits down and pens an autograph quietly, away from any instruments (and away from Finale/Sibelius, LOL) isn't he making music? It is music even before any sound is ever executed!
This matter is not clear cut at all.
There is a highly prevalent school of thought which holds that music is not music until it is played, or turned from notation into sound.
I actually think this may be the most common view.
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