Review of Matthew Riley. 2004. Musical Listening in the German Enlightenment: Attention, Wonder and Astonishment. Aldershot, UK and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing
Matthew Riley’s impressive contribution to the history of music theory and psychology explores an Enlightenment ideal of listener “attentiveness.” This ideal was discussed, or more often simply referenced, by German theorists of the last three decades of the eighteenth century. Attentiveness (Aufme...
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Columbia University Libraries
2004-04-01
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| Series: | Current Musicology |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5037 |