Be sure to indicate the reflection number in the heading of your paper and
follow other expectations for format
and writing criteria.
Consider what makes this week's assigned selections examples of abstract
music. Briefly discuss those features in writing.
Is the not ion of abstract music new to the Western world in the eighteenth
century? Why might some argue that it is a supremely classical concept?
(Think about all the meanings of the word "classical".)
Can popular music be abstract? Can you think of any contemporary examples?