[Nicolai P. Zwar]

My scepticism kicks in when it comes to more specific components of music (intervals, chords, cadences, melodies, keys/modes…) and higher level structures built out of them. I don’t see any reason to postulate innate (rather than learned) aesthetic responses to these.

Well, I definitely do. In fact, I would venture out there and say that without an innate pre-disposition to music, mankind probably wouldn’t have bothered with it in the first place. There is both a learned and an instinctive appreciation of music, but it’s difficult to draw the line, may not even be the same for everyone. Some people with practically zero musical education may be seized by the emotional impact of a piece of music, while others may have had even formal musical education but don’t actually appreciate music much at all.