Articles by tag "Musical aesthetics"

“Austrian Popular Music Studies”: A Critical Assessment

This article aims to provide an overview of the research field of Austrian popular music studies. It outlines the main topics, perspectives, and concepts in regard to popular music from and in Austria and reflects on blind spots and starting points for further research. The discussion incorporates an overview of...
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From the Ear to the Heart: Music Listening, Pleasure, and the German Reception of Du Bos

The European eighteenth century redefined the perception of the arts in an aesthetic movement known in German-speaking countries as “Empfindsamkeit.” It newly defined the nature of art and the human relationship to the arts, replacing rules and norms with individual feeling as the central category, and also led to a...
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