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Originally Posted by JonSlaughter
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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Well, we all get certain associations when listening to music. Everything we experience (emotionally/intellectually/whatever) when listening to music can to some degree be called an association. Personally I see nothing fundamentally wrong with visual associations, or associations in the form of "stories". At least as long as those associations don't become so independent that they begin to suppress the actual music.