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	A further thought.  An interpretation of Western "serious" or 
"classical" music sees it in terms of a course of development that 
began, say, in 1600 with Monteverdi, included all the great names 
of Germany, France, Italy and England (and many more), and ended more or 
less in the early part of the twentieth century.

	"Memes" might include a wide spectrum of elements in that course 
of development, including the dramatic and expressive forms of musical 
content (sonata, opera, song), the system of scales, counterpoint, 
harmonic standards, and familiar melodies.  Their development over time 
is, of course, already the subject of music history.

