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“The beautiful is and remains beautiful though it arouse no emotion whatever, and though there be no one to look at it. In other words, although the beautiful exists for the gratification of an observer, it is independent of him. In this sense music, too, has no aim (object), and the mere fact that this particular art is so closely bound up with our feelings by no means justifies the assumption that its aesthetic principles depend on this union.”

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Eduard Hanslick
Eduard Hanslick

Eduard Hanslick, born on September 11, 1825, and died on August 6, 1904, was an influential Austrian music critic and music theorist in the 19th century. Known as one of the founders of music criticism, Hanslick made profound insights into the aesthetics of music and music criticism, which had a lasting impact on music criticism in the later generations. more

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