Eric Willstaedt wrote: >What makes a piece of music mystical? Is it just a lack of a tonal center >(as far as western music is concerned)? I don't mean to confuse this with >dissonance or the like just that some composer are said to have made music >that is mystical ie Scriabin. Any insights? I'm afraid that you'll have to describe what's meant by *mystical* before anybody could try to answer this. Philip