What is the reason for the existence of music? Isn’t it the secret of humanity? Technological and scientific progress improves the economy and the quality of life, and sometimes saves or extends it. Books and cinema contain a specific, more or less intellectual message. Traditionally, a picture was supposed to reflect what a person sees, while a sculpture was supposed to reflect the shape of objects. The taste of cuisine comes from the times when distinguishing between good and bad food could affect health or life (nowadays, taste can be treacherous for health, e.g. when a person succumbs to the temptation of “fast food”).
And what is the anthropological justification for Music? What is the goal of ambitious creativity, since most people are satisfied with the musical equivalents of “fast food” or “instant soups”? Not that they are bad in themselves, but they cannot be – for health reasons – the basis of a diet…