MUSIC AS LITERATURE

I think that music can be considered to be literature.
The definition of literature(from class): Imaginative and creative writing of recognized artisitic value.
The difference between a novel, a poem, a rap, a song, an opera, and a symphony is that they are all different formats. However, they are all mediums that do the same thing:tell a story and create visuals using an imaginative way to express them.
Obviously, a lot of songs have lyrics which classifies them as poems. Poems are taught in literature classes.  Even songs that don't have any lyrics are literature. People may argue that music in general isn't literature because words have meaning and a lot of music does not have any words. How a novel needs words to give meaning and tell a story, a piece of music has notes that gives it meaning and tells a story using sound. When we hear a minor key, we associate it with sadness and when we hear a  major key, we often think of it as a happy sound. The notes that create sound give us emotions, feelings, and give us visuals that create a story in our mind. Just like when you read a book, you create visuals in your mind that goes with the story.  Music is a different language, an universal language. This means we can read it and write it. Musicians create it as much as authors create novels. Music is an art. So is writing. They both have artistic value. Authors and musicians both use their imaginations to create art that tells us a story. They both qualify as literature according to the definition.