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Does music have a purpose?

Music seems to satisfy some very basic human needs.

The book "This is your Brain on Music" provides a ton of
well-documented supporting evidence for that idea.

Is it important?

Yes, which seems self-evident. Music and music-makers
seem to have a firm niche in just about every human
social pattern.

Though interestingly some Muslims claim that music is
"forbidden" by God.

So do some Christian Denominations. The prohibition of music by Christian
denominations seems strange given the Bible's treatment of music. The usual
Christian canon of holy writings includes the book of Psalms, which can be
translated "songs".

Seems odd for something that seems to
be as essentially human as language is.

Not only that, but music is a kind of language, even just instrumental
music.

Should an audio engineer know?

Depends what you mean by "audio engineer". If you mean a
recording engineer in the music recording business - yes,
otherwise not necessarily.

I haven't met an audio engineer who does not seem to think that music has a
purpose. Some of them can be quite eloquent about it, even those who are far
removed from actual music production.