These kinds of processes of identifying
with something are not
only found in music.
Something very similar can be observed
when we watch television and identify with
the processes of will
that our favorite character expresses. Here
too, relating to these
processes generates
emotions in us. All
attempts to find the
root cause of emotions
in music itself failed
until we realized that a
‘detour’ was involved,
which led through will.
The Theory of Musical
Equilibration offers a startling new insight:
Music cannot communicate
emotions directly;
instead, it communicates
processes of the will
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