But let us drop that issue now, and go on to another that may have equal if not more importance. It is a distinction all of us make easily enough. All of us can distinguish, at least roughly, between aesthetic value and economic value. Let us say that aesthetic value is the value that elicits a certain kind of satisfaction, primarily of the visual or aural sensibility. Painting, architecture and sculpture gratify the visual sensibility.
Music gratifies the aural sensibility.
No amount of economic value amounts to any aesthetic value, let alone the aesthetic value of a great work of art. You might have enough money to buy a Van Gogh. But possess all the money of a Bill Gates, if you ere also blind, you could have no visual aesthetic satisfaction whatsoever in the Van Gogh. Of course, it is possible to sell the right to listen to your wonderful musical performance. But having money does not give one the ability to enjoy the music.