One more time, as written more eloquently by my colleagues and mentors of musicology
MUSIC IS NOT A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
MUSIC IS NOT A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
MUSIC IS NOT A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE https://twitter.com/PPathole/status/1246998073617707009

Thank you to everyone elaborating/explaining/debating/asking questions in the comments.
If you're new to this argument and musicology in general, I recommend @LindaHyphen 's post here: …https://notanothermusichistorycliche.blogspot.com/2018/01/is-music-universal-language.html