What is music?

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Liwen wu
“What is music?”
Professor D.SCHOEMAKER
ENG 82 B
28. FER 2008
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What is music?


What is music? The Poet say: It is star light which on the backdrop glitters; Drives out darkness, brings the sunlight. It is in the world the most marvelous thing, without a trace, does not have the weight without the volume to be amorphous, actually listen , said that does not say the word, expresses one's ideas meaning, music like Magic. This is music charm.

Music is an art form in which the medium is sound. The history of music predates the written word. The nature is all music origin, a cow moo, a song of the birds, the frog sound, the creek trickle, the river sound ……all is a music, is the life communication, is emotion pouring out, is only you must have one pair to be able to listen attentively to the sound the ear, can listen attentively to the sound the heart.
The poet say: The Music Within Life　
　 Life...What is it?
　　 See it in the colors of autumn,
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A gentle snowfall in winter, 　　
A sudden shower in spring,
　　The radiance of a summer day.
　　Behold it in the laughter of the young and the old.
　　Know of it in a surge of hope,
　　The blessings those are bountiful.
　　What is life?
　　It is joy, awareness,
　　And the music within.
Music is part of our lives. People running with music player, people derive with music player……. I think a lot of person everyday is listen music, when you take a BART, takes a MUNI…., you can saw a person listen music for the MP3, IPod, self phone…….. When you go along the city, anywhere, anytime, anyage, you can easy to saw it.
Mozart say, music is he all of the life. Music is feeling, when people feel sad, they will choose sore music listen, when they are happy, they will choose happy song to explanation feeling…..In coffee shop, fast-foot shop, restaurant, supermarket, almost you can listen the music for the shop style.
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Music does not need to explain. It exists eternal, surmounts the national boundary to move its subjects by the unique language. Music is connect the world, when saw the competition, Olympics games, football,NBA……,you can saw and listen the music. They’re in opening, break time…, they have people using music explanation feeling.
From ancient to now, music is following about the people, Because of music, Beethoven can enjoy a good reputation the world, attracts worldwide attention; Because of music, that many people rewrote their history, music is have power, so in Olympics games, we’ll play the win counter’s: National anthem .John Newton’s “amazing grace”, toughing people heart, “my heart will go on” bring the people into movie, the National anthem give the power for people……The resounding music urges the human to rise spiritedly, the affable music relaxes the tense nerve, the cheerful music takes to the people the green the mood, flash air　.
Life is music, Parents give you melody, and you should do it yourself to finish the music.
What is music? Music does not have the national boundary, music like Magic, The nature is all music origin, and Music is part of our lives.
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Music is connect the world, Music is feeling, music is power……I love music! How do you feel?!