Sinne und Sinn der Vorstellungskraft

Musikhören in England zwischen 1660 und 1750

By (author) Ina Knoth

Book cover: Sinne und Sinn der Vorstellungskraft

Extent: 670 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Music & Performing Arts, Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(November 2025)

ISBN: 9783847117902

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $88.00

In stock

Klang und Vorstellungskraft fur alle Sinne: Ina Knoth stellt erstmals das Panorama des Musikhorens in den Anfangen des offentlichen Kulturlebens in England dar.


Music in the theatre (including opera and oratorio), concerts in taverns and coffee houses, ballrooms, pleasure gardens and various other venues – the musical culture of England and especially London between the Restoration in 1660 and the middle of the 18th century was exceptionally diverse by European standards. This monograph presents the panorama of the practice of listening to music within public cultural life by means of different conceptions of musically participatory to distanced musical perception. The concept of imagination proves to be central to the multisensory, rational and associative music listening of the time.

  • By (author) Ina Knoth