A critical ear: Analysis of value judgements in reviews of Beethoven’s piano sonata recordings

What sets a great music performance apart? In this study we addressed this question through an examination of value judgements in written criticism of recorded performance. One hundred reviews of recordings of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, published in the Gramophone between 1934 and 2010, were analyze...

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Main Authors: Elena eAlessandri, Victoria Jane Williamson, Hubert eEiholzer, Aaron eWilliamon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00391/full