Music_Censorship

Music Censorship Music Censorship' Webster defines music to be “a : the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity b : vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony,” and defines censorship as “examining in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable”. Therefore music censorship is the attempt to suppress or change any part of music that seems objectionable to a certain group of people. Throughout history every advancement in music is met with dispute. Bach’s complex harmonies and counter points, Jazz, and Rock ‘n’ Roll have all been met with opposition that it has had to break through. It is the same with some of today’s misinterpreted and misunderstood music(Lombardi). The history of censorship has been long in the making. The enlightenment in Europe was a time of intellectual stimulation and broadening of though, which migrated to the newly forming United States. It was in this time period that censorship by the government was put to question. People saw the futility of censorship in a free society. Heroic figures from the 18th century including Thomas music, censorship, people, parents, society, lyrics, garry, attempt, something, should, problem, listen, free, distinction, decided, children, child, wrong, values, united, tells, states, speech, same, right, put, person, opposition, nothing, met, listening, jefferson, first, filter, enlightenment