The author discusses some of the main positions in the debates about theexperience of listening to music, and the dynamics and coherence ofmusically-evoked emotion. The main objective of this book is to explore anddescribe the uniqueness of the musical listening experience (listening to thedynamics of musical structure and the nature of the experiences of theelements of music); the dynamic quality of emotional response to music andthe exploitation of music's powers to facilitate social interaction; and thefundamental nature of emotional response to music.