This coffee break explores music that pushes the limits of sound that can be called music--compositions that don't contain the balance of harmony, rhythm, and melody. We listen to pieces from the 18th Century William Billings, the recently passed composer Peter Sculthorpe, and others. We check out what it sounds like when the piano is played from the inside out, then ask the question, can environmental sounds be called music?

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