# What is Music?

Music is a complicated interplay of many different elements, including the imagination of the composer, the skill of the instrument maker, and the talent of the musician. Delving further, we ask what constitutes musical meaning and the process by which it is communicated--is it purely abstract or is there a more concrete answer? 1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in VHS Narrator: Peter Thomas; Musicians: Malcolm Bilson, piano and fortepiano; Richard Boulanger, Matthews "baton"; Bruce Buntschuh, trumpet; Wendy Carlos, synthesizers; Maureen Chowning, soprano; Gerard de Waardt, carillon; Handel and Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, artistic director; La Jolla Civic University Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Nee, conductor; Janos Negyesy, Matthews "violin"; Zina Schiff, violin Executive producer, Paula S. Apsell ; associate producer, Rebecca Marvil ; editor, David Berenson ; camera, Peter Hoving, Rick Robertson, Joel Shapiro Broadcast as a segment of: Nova "FFH 4020."

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1993
- By: John Angier, Zina Schiff (Instrumentalist), Chedd-Angier Production Company., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), British Broadcasting Corporation.…
- Genres: Science, Music
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/WhatisMusic)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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