Musicking

I wasn't too sure about Small's definition of "musicking." Granted, he gets credit for making up the word, but I don't really think everyone involved in the whole musical setting gets the same amount of musical credit when everyone isn't doing the same amount of work. The composer writes the music and has this idea in his/her head, but it's completely up to the performer how to interpret the dots that the composer wrote out, so depending, I would say that the performer plays a bigger part, and 90% of listeners don't know how to actively listen to music in a way that makes them know what's going on anyway. Granted, I agree that music has a lot to do with the relationship between composer, listener, and performer, culture, etc., but if a performance is missing one of these elements, by Small's standards, does it count as music? I just keep thinking about the granny dozing in the fourth row of the symphony or the kid who was dragged to his little brother's band concert and I can't help but doubt that there's much going on in the way of a musicking relationship under these circumstances.