Re: Why the music is music and the noise is noise? (Pierre Divenyi )

Subject: Re: Why the music is music and the noise is noise?
From:    Pierre Divenyi  <pdivenyi(at)MARVA4.NCSC.MED.VA.GOV>
Date:    Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:56:41 -0700

Sorry, Jeff:

"Music is often perceived as
disturbing  AS LONG AS it REMAINS ALLIED TO noise."

is slightly better in English, although Christian is right about the
impossibility to faithfully render the German meaning -- forget the rhythm...

Pierre

At 01:12 AM 4/24/01 -0700, Jeff Bilmes wrote:
>Here's one lossy (noisy) translation: "Music is often perceived as
>disturbing because it is always associated with noise."
>
>
>                         -- Jeff
>
>In the message dated Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:00:49 +0200
>   Christian Kaernbach <chris(at)PSYCHOLOGIE.UNI-LEIPZIG.DE> writes:
> >        Musik wird stoerend oft empfunden,
> >        weil sie stets mit Geraeusch verbunden.
> >                        - Wilhelm Busch -
> >(sorry, no translation: it looses at lot without rhythm and rhyme.)