As soon as the unexpected, or for that matter the suprising, is experienced, the listener attempts to fit it into the general system of beliefs relevant to the style of the work (...) three things may happen: (1) The mind may suspend judgment, so to speak, trusting that what follows will clarify the meaning of the unexpected consequent. (2) If no clarification takes place, the mind may reject the whole stimulus and irritation will set in. (3) The expected consequent may be seen as a purposeful blunder.
Whether the listener responds in the first or third manner will depend partly on the character of the piece, its mood or designative content. The third response might well be made to music whose character was comical or satirical. Beckmesser's music in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger" would probably elicit this type of interpretive understanding.
Leonard Meyer, "Emotion and Meaning in Music", p. 30 (1956).
Whether the listener responds in the first or third manner will depend partly on the character of the piece, its mood or designative content. The third response might well be made to music whose character was comical or satirical. Beckmesser's music in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger" would probably elicit this type of interpretive understanding.
Leonard Meyer, "Emotion and Meaning in Music", p. 30 (1956).
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