 Although much of Gadamer’s writing on art focuses on poetry, as well as the visual arts, he has also addressed questions of music (see Gadamer 2021, 2022), and Gadamer’s work is increasingly evident in contemporary philosophy of music, especially in discussions of musical performance and improvisation (see eg. Benson, 2003; McAuliffe, 2023; Nielsen, 2023). Gadamer’s emphasis on the dynamic and performative character of understanding has an obvious relevance to music, but music itself provides a valuable source for thinking about the character of art and understanding in general.