Being Musically Attuned: The Act of Listening to Music
| By: | Wallrup, Erik |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781472429902 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781472429926 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Listening according to mood is likely to be what most people do when they listen to music. We want to take part in, or even be part of, the emerging world of the musical work. Erik Wallrup explores this vague and elusive phenomenon, which is held to be fundamental to musical hearing. He unfolds the untold musical history of the German word for ‘mood’, Stimmung. Heidegger’s philosophy of Stimmung is introduced into the field of music, allowing Wallrup to realise fully the potential of the concept. Mood in music, or musical attunement, should not be seen as a peculiar kind of emotionality, but that which constitutes fundamentally the relationship between listener and music.