imitative music, n.Definitions

Imitative music (n.) such ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as Haydn's Seasons and battle-pieces copies the phenomenon instead of expressing the will, and is entirely to be rejected.

Imitative music (n.) gives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only an inadequate copy of the will's appearance, not the will itself; true composition comes from insight unknown to the composer's reason.