will give very limited appreciation. Questions of "which are better" regarding such a nebulous question as art are not only unanswerable but bearing in mind the situation of many native peoples and general racist western attitudes unnecessarily inflamatory.
It is only recently, using frequency analysis that Australian Aboriginal musics true complexity, organisation and tonal heirachy are being understood to western ethnomusicloigists. The same situation applies in regard for what you quaintly described in a previous post as "african drumming", which makes me think you are unfamiliar with the tonaly organised music of West Africa, or the percussive music of central African republic, where even today it is still impossible to notate correctly using our advanced sophisticated western notation.
Regarding "African tribal drumming" I would refer you to the work of Simha Arom, who clearly illustrates using new non western derived modes of analysis that music of central africa contains certain devices of great complexity, which are far more advanced than their equivalents in western music, both classical and modern. This does not of course denigrate western music in any way, or diminish its great achievements, but shows the pointlessness of cultural comparative arguments. It is an interesting aside that western classical music in the 20th century to closely exhibit and explore qualities found in certain folk musics. Examples would be, Bartok -gypsy , Cage-Japan Zen, Scelsci -Tibet Tantra. Ligeti- Aka Pygmy. These are all composers at the apex of western classical music, a 1000 years of practice.
Your also incorrect about Mozart, his works are carefully organised on a formal level and he was throughly drilled in technical matters by father Leopold.
ross nolan wrote:I know bugger all about the historical or technical growth of musical art
So why didn't this accurate self assesment stop you from posting?
Your views on woman, music and culture completely reflect the SES that I grew up with. I can see why your fascinated with it.