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When music requires a context to be enjoyable it no longer is functioning purely as music. I'm not saying this is bad or wrong or anything but music that is meant to be heard and enjoyed without external story or imagery or whatever else never needs a story to be enjoyable.
If a composer intents the music to go with something else for it to make sense then he better make it explicit to give it context and make it work. But even then of course the music might stand on its own.
When people that are not the composer make up there own stories then they are just doing that... making it up. It has nothing to do with the music or the composer and IMO should be looked on negatively when those people try make their story innate to the music. In fact, that is just how they see the music BUT music is not to be seen but heard(unless its supporting imagery or ideas in which case it is secondary).
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