I'd maverick and say that the Well-Tempered Clavier is full of metaphors. Consonance, dissonance, ascending sequences, descending sequences, 'voices,' and subj

I'd maverick and say that the Well-Tempered Clavier is full of metaphors. Consonance, dissonance, ascending sequences, descending sequences, 'voices,' and subjects are all human, intuitive associations and descriptions of music. Music has had active metaphors ever since natural language was used to describe it. But you're right, this is getting really off-topic and comparing Jazz to mainstream Pop is at least O(JP). So I'll just link an Essay that came to mind the first time I read "Taste for Makers." It's similar, but takes an "only the best audience matters" point of view. http://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html http://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html - Milton Babbitt, "Who Cares if You Listen?" http://faculty.cbhs.org/pbolton/54-babbit.mp3 http://faculty.cbhs.org/pbolton/54-babbit.mp3 - excerpt from "Philomel," by Milton Babbitt.