Jakarta ● Sat, January 28, 2023
Music is entertainment. Most of us, especially those who update their musical vocabulary through major media such as television and radio, would agree with that statement. This is because big media has transformed music into a showbiz industry and selling entertainment.
However, there are a handful of people who think music is more than just entertainment.
According to the description of music anthropologist Alan P Merriam, music has 10 main functions in society. (Merriam, 1964). Entertainment is one of them. In addition, music is related to emotional expression, aesthetic appreciation, communication, symbolism, physical reactions, social norms, validation of social institutions, cultural continuity and community integration.
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