Yes,thanks. There's a lecture from 1973,published from Washington University Press:"How musical is man?" It's from Jhon Blacking,musician and Anthropologist. He suggests music as a characteristic trait like language-a language more developed then words.Isn't it true?!We transmit much more to each other by associating sonic objects.He goes more in particualr on what man,'the nusic maker',has chosen to call musical in different societies. And,yes,he definitely points out that music is not conceivable without association with people.And also:he calls it humanly organized sound(and soundly organized society...);music is not much in the theory of premeditated sounds.It's in the perception & recognition of certain patterns and the human response to them. You should be able to find this short book in your public library. Thanks again Lena