To first determine whether music is an art form we first have to define what is meant by art. This is very complicated as many people have a different opinion. For this I believe art is anything that is an expression, maybe somebody’s feelings, that can be interpreted in a million different ways by many different people. This is the same for music in some people’s opinions as music has an effect on many people and like art lyrics are usually written at that moment and have specific meanings to the writer. These meanings may be interpreted differently however by others. On the other hand Adorno argues that music is simply as mass produced commodity that just feeds the capitalist people only to keep them satisfied and to stop them from “questioning social life” Although his critique was based on Jazz it can be applied to today’s ‘popular’ music. However art can also be mass produced for example that Andy Warhol pieces. Music will still continue to influence people all over the world.
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While this post does touch on some of Adorno's criticisms it is a little lacking in analysis on the central question of whether popular music is an art or commodity form.
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