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Ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'The Nature of Musical Expression' and 'The Beautiful in Music'

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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression

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Romantics say music expresses ideas, or the Will, or intuitions, or feelings [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art

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Music is not an expressive art, because it expresses no familiar emotions [Hanslick, by Wollheim]

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Expressing melancholy is a good thing, but arousing it is a bad thing [Scruton]