Do you consider music to be a form of entertainment or work of art?

Question

I was just wondering why music is classified with entertainment more then it is with art (as seen on this site as well as others). I've been researching the difference between entertainment and art because it seems like there is a small distinction between the two. So, what is music to you? A piece of art or form of entertainment? Or is it both?

Answer 1

The Core of Music is Always an Art or Craft.



Whatever is "dumped" on top of it, in its Presentation - would be still possibly an Art or could be just Entertainment :)



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I respectively Disagree with most of these Opinions :)



Music, Alone -- is ART.



How it is PRESENTED, may be Both.



Again - You Question was --



"Do you consider MUSIC to be a form of entertainment or work of art?

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Answer 2

I think now days, music is more entertainment because it's just fast beat and the lyrics aren't as good as they were before in the 60s and 70s. Also now it's all about the money, and it doesn't seem like some artists put much time into it. Plus there's music videos, so more entertainment with the video.

Past-art

Present-entertainment

Answer 3

It is both, but I'd say for bands who aren't sellouts it's more about art. Art is mostly about conveying certain emotions in a universal way, and good music does this. You can 'feel' music and the emotion flowing through it, which to me screams art. It's also entertainment, but if a band is all about making money then they aren't art. They don't care about making you feel the music, they just want something that has a rhythm that will get stuck in your head.

Answer 4

Music is art from self-expression of emotions in the form of words and sound. It is a unique form of art because the words are interpreted differently from person to person. It is the only form of entertainment where you need to use your imagination to create the scenery and music can fit everything in your imagination if you have an active imagination. Both.

Answer 5

I would think both... in fact, I would go so far as to say that most art is a form of entertainment. However, we would have to further divide it into commercial art for business gain, and private art.



Both can and should be appreciated, but some are designed as a giant money rake, and some are designed to be just music.

Answer 6

Whether music is entertainment or art depends solely on the intent. If when the Knacks had been writing "My Sharona" they had been thinking, "How can we express ourselves with a beautiful melody and moving lyrics to represent our core believes?" (or something along those lines) then they'd have made art. Really bad art. Similarly, if Ludwig Van Beethoven had thought "I wonder if a bunch of people would like it if I set Friedrich Schiller's poem to music" then he'd have made entertainment. Really good entertainment.

Answer 7

Depends on the artist/band.

The White Stripes make Pure Art that entertains.

J LO makes entertainment.

Answer 8

Well, it depends on the artist/band. All the music I listen to I would say is art, but most of the talentless garbage out there is definitely entertainment. But I guess music is an intertaining art. :)

Answer 9

It is both.



It's entertainment because it entertains us and it's an art form because of the creativity involved in making it.



Good musical groups (a.k.a. bands) are those that try to be creative in their work but also try to entertain.

Answer 10

My opinion- Anything that provides entertainment,provokes thought and pleases the senses to an individual is entertainment art

Answer 11

I consider alot of music as art, but it seems like lately it is just entertainment, style over substance

Answer 12

Well, it definitely depends on the song and artist.



The bands I normally listen to (Pink Floyd, David Bowie, the Velvet underground, the White Stripes...) have great, poetic, philosophical lyrics.



But of course, music is also my entertainment, my distraction from this stupid world. It is a great entertainment, by the way.

Answer 13

I've personally always have seen all entertainment as art and all art as entertainment.

Answer 14

Those who consider art to be entertainment and entertainment to be art are the people who view music as their passion.

wow reminds me of the doctor seuss phrases: those who those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

they get the true meaning of music and what it is as a whole.

nice question, e!

Answer 15

Absolutely both, although most of the time I'm not paying enough attention to appreciate it for it's worth as art and just taking advantage of it's entertainment value.



- Chip

Answer 16

It's both. I think the most arty music comes from originality. The entertainment part comes from people who dance and stuff while singing, I guess?

Answer 17

Both.



KISS = Entertainment



Bob Dylan = Art

Answer 18

It depends on the artist or who pretend to be an artist, some deserve the art tittle but some other not

Answer 19

Music can to both and most times is.

Answer 20

work of art! it's definitely entertaining but it's still important to whoever wrote it,they put their heart into it......they deserve recognition.

Answer 21

i believe that music is art but it is my main source of entertainment.



xx brit

Answer 22

Depends how it is marketed and how much control one gives up to the management.

Answer 23

music is my life, i love music

Answer 24

I think it's both, but I also think you can make an argument for either.