Can Art Emote?

Can a song be sad? According to Piper, no the tones themselves cannot be sad, they do not have that quality merely built into them. And I agree. A certain combination of tones can evoke sadness, and therefore associate that combination of notes with sadness. We then perceive the emotion the artwork is supposed to invoke, but it is to be stressed that the artwork doesn't possess these emotions. That is what Piper refers to a fetichizeing the art oblect, or believing it to be more than it was intended. Our perceptions affect how we experience art.