Review of The problem of musical expression

Abstract

Reviews the book, The problem of musical expression by Erich Sorantin (1932). This book is an important contribution to the analysis of meaning in music. The book is written from the musicians' viewpoint and the validity of the conclusions depend upon the author's selection of examples, but since the sampling is so large--240 musical selections--no great sampling error is likely. The author has made a good analysis and the conclusions now need to be checked by the experimental method using a large group of musical subjects. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)