Music is not an art

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... no one's saying that music isn't part of the arts.

Because, said Wright, music is now regarded as a separate entity, not part of the arts

?

[Russ]

In BBC speak, 'arts' equals (primarily) television, and 'music' equals (primarily) radio.

Russ

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Gillian Reynolds is just frittering her limited wordcount on an extended jocular comment, which is pointless as commentary or criticism.

As she well knows, no one's saying that music isn't part of the arts. It's just that the BBC has a Director of Music and a Director of Arts.

People who are concerned that classical music and the Controller of Radio 3 have now been brought within the remit of the new Director of Music would be even more concerned if there were instead a single Director of Music and Arts.

Officialspeak?