Philosophy leads to wisdom (wisdom) in thinking and acting rationally. Music as art can express things that can not be expressed in words, nor by any other kind of art - music is more capable and more expressive of feelings than the spoken and written language, for other forms of human feeling much closer or in accordance with musical forms. Music instilled in the human soul and mind feeling smooth (ethics). Because the music, the soul knows the harmony and rhythm (rhythm), they are a good basis to bring a sense of justice. But in music education, should be kept away songs that weakens the soul and easily create a bad appetite. Art music and literature are intimately associated, as well as the music is the language of philosophy. Why would someone create a work, would not he did not create the elements of the work of creation? - Such as language, words, tone, rhythm - all these elements already existed, and he just put them together into a work of art of creation. Creation is a frequent cause of philosophical problems.

The Greeks

Art music is very important, erudite and virtuous man who called musical.

Plato 422-347 BC

Music is good art and high aesthetic value. Children should be given to music education, because (1) is the art of heavenly music that can touch the feelings and (2) music is a guideline for his poem can contain messages, commands and specific signal. Music education is said to be successful if students are able to form a person who knows loves beauty. Music can make a country has a great power and glory, instead of music is also able to encourage crime and undermine the government. Low moral society just look at music as a means of entertainment and fun tool.

Aristotle 384-322 BC

Music useful for education, politics, state, entertainment and medical treatment equipment. Because music is the outpouring of power (1) inner strength and (2) labor representation - which comes from a sense of motion in a series of rhythmic melodies. The beauty can be established when the rhythm, melody and harmony together in order.

Pythagoras 572-500 BC

Music are closely related to mathematics, like two sides of the same coin. Because the universe was an orderly whole; something like a musical harmony. Pythagoras got the title as the "Basic Strategy diatonic."

Immanuel Kant 1724-1804

Music is the language of human expression which still must be translated, the emotion is not enough to explain the music; therefore apply logical rules to the underlying art. There is a clear distinction between natural beauty and aesthetics (the beauty of art) - the music is said to have the form of a beautiful if nan harmonious interplay between imagination and understanding. Beautiful art is the art of a genius, the art of the experts thought.

Wagner 1813-1883

Music is timeless because it is the ideal and the infinite, because the music is the sound of poetry - which initiated the creation of musical ideas further.

Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900

Only music that gives the meaning of human life. Music can be a temporary refuge from the reality of human life.

Georg Wilhelm Fredrich Hegel 1770-1831

God manifests himself in the universe, while the arts manifests itself in the form of beauty. Soul music is more dominant than the elements of reality that seems - like a musical composition or instruments. Through music people can find themselves lost.

Langer

Aesthetics is the way to ethics. With music we are able to find themselves and often find self-expression.

Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860

Music is one way for people out of a world filled with suffering, because people only have two roads that is aesthetic (art) and ethical (good deeds).

This summary is taken from the book Radical tones Sukatmi Susantina works.

In this paper, the author will discuss about the meaning of music, because according to the author this is so important to be discussed. This is a very intriguing writer when watching shows in Bandung in order to test co-author S2 majoring in Art Creation ISI Solo indonesian. Then the author took to discuss with the students at the end of the show in discussion forum. He said "ah, my ears can not accept this music, where melody, where the rhythm, the sound is like an irregular, the music is not related to sound, melody and rhythm irregular? was not uniformly wealthy yes sir, what is dong music?

The first task of the writer to question is to explain what is music? So that students can understand the meaning of the music itself and not until he had a narrow view of the meaning of the music.

In principle we need to know and explain the nature of the music itself. The most familiar thing to begin to assume the music is the sound, there is more to argue that the phenomenon is called the human relationship with the music. For a second opinion is certainly necessary to our understanding of human phenomena such as what might be called music.

Let us ask ourselves, is there a sense of where music is the human activity? Logical answer "yes lah yes", without any form of human activity, there can be no sound musical or musical works are created. In short, what is music, is essentially a human activity. Well, then, when we eat is the music, when we got trip is music, when we shower is music, really?

In the case of my colleagues performance, or any musical product that comes from the mind, what present by more than mere musical product, or a mere composition, or a mere improvisation, or a mere show. Present But what is the result of a human activity that has a specific purpose. This means that music is not just a collection of products or objects, but in this case is more seen as a symbol, emblem, namely "to say something about something", so the music face to face with the meaning and message for to fed. Meaning and message can be influenced by the context when people work, whether it is the purpose, audience and so on.

People named Hyden do something that is creating a concerto. What he did was to create something in the context of time, place and type of musical works at that time. In the case of co-author performance, he did something. What he did was to create, compose, perform, improvise, and record something in the context of time, place and type of other musical works. Lots of various musical situations in which the two composers in the act of creating his work.

If music is essentially a form of human activity that has a specific purpose, at least the music includes three components namely, composer, musical products they produce, and the activity in which the composer makes musical products. But according to all three authors is not complete, as well as "making don't use chilli". Composer to make something (music), are in a specific context. This means that when the composer out of ideas, will be influenced by a particular context, as mentioned above, can be seen from the purpose, audience, place or time.

Examples of cases, when a composer to create musical works of musical instruments gongs. To ring the gong, struck in accordance with certain norms, but the composer ring swiped by being beaten with stones and even rolled like a tire that will be transported into the truck. Of course what the composer is the crazy thing is not it? Of course not, if associated with the context described earlier. This means that the composer has a purpose, know who the audience or the audience, to know where the place and time.

From these explanations, the music eventually include four components, namely
1) composer,
2) the process of making work,
3) the work, and
4) the context in which the composer to make something.

Well, the four components of the approach above, co-author of a work:
1) the result of a systematic musical experience, meaning that the musical experience Iwan influenced by musical stages, whether it is from learning, watching, listening, or the advice of mentors,
2) the activities that are motivated in making the work,
3) the activities that have a specific purpose,
4) activities that are influenced by the context in which Jasmine makes her music work.

He was influenced by the context of why and how the listener / audience (including himself) listen to what he created. Instead, the listener / audience is influenced by the why, what and how to do what the composer has created. So that my colleagues had not necessarily make his work for performance in studio marriage or circumcision celebration. Yes, the context for the work he's only those who have more understanding than just music.

Again with a different songwriter "cat robber", the context in which he addressed the crowd for that when performed in a celebration. ya pas alone. But if the co-author of the work performed in the celebration, many people will not understand as well as student opinions before, it sounds not bad, not irregular, or if not good sunda people say "euweuh kunaon gawe jelema tea".

Now, at last of this paper can be concluded that, music is not only sound, the music is not only melody, the music is not just a regular rhythm, but the music is the result of human activity through the processing of sound as a medium of expression that fits the context.