The following paragraph is taken from a book by Peter Larsen called Film Music. I feel it is a concise description of the ambiguity of music. Music is a complex arrangement of musical notes yet it is enjoyed by almost everyone.
Anyone can see what a photograph, a film image or a figurative painting represents and describe it in words. Anyone can retell what is written in text. It is, however, much more difficult to say what a piece of music "means" or "deals with". Music, like a series of images or text, is an organised sequence of elements. But unlike images and texts this sequence does not produce a precise content.
Although I have to disagree with Mr Larsen regarding the below comment. As I stated above, music has the beauty of being heard in extremely different ways by any one listener. To some it is art, others it is a memory, others it brings emotion.
Literature, drama, film are representational art forms. Music is not.
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