Bob Draper wrote:

>I would say that htere are two kinds of composers regarding emotional
>music; Those who know how to use the devices necessary to produce it as
>and when required and those who are generally in dire straits and
>desparately need to work through their situation in music.

Stirling had mentioned "recall" which would allow the composer to feel a
particular emotion.  In addition, I think a composer can feel an emotion
without actually having experienced it in the past; it's called empathy.

Regardless of where this feeling is coming from, the significant thing to
me is that the composer feel the emotion at the time of composition.

Don Satz
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