Bill Pirkle wrote:

>Music is series of sound effects which are organized by the composer so
>as to control the evokation of emotions or feelings in the mind of the
>listener or to demonstrate a principle(s) of harmony, melody, rhythm or
>form.

I think this would work better without the word 'control.' You cannot
control anything in the listener.  The ideas or emotions that you are
trying to evoke will manifest themselves differently in every hearer.
What some find depressing, others may find noble and uplifting for example.

Kevin