One more time, as written more eloquently by my colleagues and mentors of musicology
MUSIC IS NOT A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
MUSIC IS NOT A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
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Thank you to everyone elaborating/explaining/debating/asking questions in the comments.
If you& #39;re new to this argument and musicology in general, I recommend @LindaHyphen & #39;s post here: …https://notanothermusichistorycliche.blogspot.com/2018/01/is-music-universal-language.html">https://notanothermusichistorycliche.blogspot.com/2018/01/i...