Ideas from 'Representation in Music' by Roger Scruton [1976], by Theme Structure
[found in 'The Aesthetic Understanding' by Scruton,Roger [Methuen 1983,0-416-36160-9]].
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
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Reference without predication is the characteristic of expression
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language
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If music refers to love, it contains no predication, so it is expression, not language
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music
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Music is not representational, since thoughts about a subject are never essential to it
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