art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. Both the simple folk song and the complex electronic composition belong to the same activity, music. Both are humanly engineered; both are conceptual and auditory, and these factors have been present in music of all styles and in all periods of history, throughout the world.

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Epperson, Gordon. "music". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jul. 2026, https://www.britannica.com/art/music. Accessed 19 August 2026.