*sigh*
What's the rest of classical music if not chords, notes assigned one on top of another or one next to another? And what meaning does baroque/classical/romantic music have beyond that? And what makes you believe that ALL music is to be judged under the scope of emotional and expression? I would never try that with a piece by Feldman, or a piece by Cage, or even a piece by Ives? And what if I told you that in Webern's pieces there is a lot of emotion? You'd tell me I am crazy, so this makes it not even emotion, but rather what *your* perception of emotion is, and how and *if* you can perceive this "emotionality" in a piece of music. So you're judging all music under some criteria which are highly flawed in terms of objectivity, or even subjectivity
Sound's like a fun conversation is coming up >_>