... musicalpieces contain different combinations of acoustic and structural vari-ables—which are generally classifiable among the psychophysical,“ecological,” and “collative” variables with “arousal ... an exaggeration to say that with regard toM-E, romanticism and sentimentalism often obscure both the facts and their absence even in highly technical papers.Perhaps the central analytical and ... cross-culturally—that musiccan depict, allude to, and represent (a) the auditory patterns com-monly associated with emotions such as anger, joy, and sadness; and (b) the specific vocal and physical...