Can music be a representational art? Discuss some views on this issue.

Of all the different forms of art, none are more problematic when dealing with the issue of representation than music.  When dealing with pictorial art it is common place to think that a painting of an object is a representation of it on canvas.  However when a piece of music is said to represent something, numerous problems immediately arise.  This is mainly due to the medium of music, sound.  This essay will discuss these questions using the views of Roger Scruton, Kivy and myself….(short extract)