Overture and beginnings: Early speculations, Eduard Hanslick , Edmund Gurney, The legacy -- The work of music: What makes music art?, The work of music -- Meaning: Music and language, Arousalism, The basis for expressive descriptions, The limits of musical description, Meaning, Profundity in music -- Value: Criteria, The ideal observer theory, The consensus among connoisseurs, The problem of irreconcilable differences of judgement, The crux for the realist, Are verdicts essentially particular?, The concept of "interest", The verdict on verdicts.