The Oxford Handbook of Music Listening in the 19th and 20th Centuries [#1013266]

Christian Thorau, "The Oxford Handbook of Music Listening in the 19th and 20th Centuries"
English | ISBN: 0190466960 | 2018 | 544 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB
An idealized image of European concert-goers has long prevailed in historical overviews of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This act of listening was considered to be an invisible and amorphous phenomenon, a naturally given mode of perception. This narrative influenced the conditions of listening from the selection of repertoire to the construction of concert halls and programmes. However, as listening moved from the concert hall to the opera house, street music, and jazz venues, new and visceral listening traditions evolved. In turn, the art of listening was shaped by phenomena of the modern era including media innovation and commercialization.