Applied Aesthetics and the Musical Public on the Threshold of Romanticism
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Music criticism in the early 19th century shaped public taste and established instrumental music's aesthetic value. Leading journals used "applied aesthetics" to guide consumption and philosophical debates.
Area Of Science
- Cultural History
- Aesthetics
- Musicology
Background
- The early 19th century saw the rise of a musical public, linked to Habermas's concept of the bourgeois public sphere.
- Contemporary critiques questioned the aesthetic worth of instrumental music, creating a need for critical validation.
Purpose Of The Study
- To explore how music-critical journalism influenced musical consumption patterns.
- To analyze the role of critical discourse in establishing music's aesthetic legitimacy.
Main Methods
- Analysis of music-critical journalism from the early 19th century.
- Examination of the discourse of
- applied aesthetics
- used by music journals.
Main Results
- Music-critical journalism actively shaped public preferences for music consumption.
- The discourse of
- applied aesthetics
- was employed to assert the aesthetic legitimacy of music.
- Critical discourse integrated music's value into broader philosophical debates.
Conclusions
- Music criticism was instrumental in forming the 19th-century musical public.
- The strategic use of critical discourse legitimized instrumental music and guided public taste.
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