Musical Listening in the German Enlightenment: Attention, Wonder and Astonishment

by Matthew Riley

Book Overview

The silent attentiveness expected of concert audiences is one of the most distinctive characteristics of modern Western musical culture. This is the first book properly to examine the concept of attention in the history of musical thought and its foundations in the writings of German musical commentators of the late eighteenth century. Matthew Riley examines the significant writers on the topic (Descartes, Leibniz, Wolff, Baumgarten, Rousseau, Meier,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138274615
• ISBN13: 9781138274617
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"