Emotion

Emotion

Autobiographies of composers reveal that some composers of classical music aspired to communicate a transcendent quality of emotion, what has been called the "sublime" in art.[citation needed] For example, Beethoven set Friedrich Schiller's poem, Ode to Joy in his 9th symphony. However, some composers, such as Iannis Xenakis, argue that the emotional effect of music on the listeners is arbitrary and therefore the objective complexity or informational content of the piece is paramount.[citation needed]