Abstract
The core of the essay is a critical commentary to the study „Musikalische Erfahrung und musikalischer Gegenstand“ by Constantijn Koopman (Musik&Ästhetik 7, 2003). The musical experience cannot be explained as a reaction to an existing musical form, yet it is not possible, pace Koopman, to consider the form as an additional derivative of the musical experience.
The musical experience is but the constitution of the musical form; the musical form itself is really present only in the process of the musical experience.
