“ [L]anguage cannot match music's subtlety and preciseness of expression. ”
The undistracted experience of affects of just about any sort, when free of practical consequences, appears to have intrinsic appeal for many of us.
~ Jenefer Robinson
Deep emotional response to music typically arises as a product of the most intense musical perception. It is generally in virtue of the recognition of emotions expressed in music, or of the emotion-laden gestures embodied in musical movement, that an emotional reaction occurs.
What we seem to perceive influences what we feel, and what we feel influences what we say we perceive
