The Psychophysical Ear: Musical Experiments, Experimental...
Hui, Alexandra![The Psychophysical Ear: Musical Experiments, Experimental Sounds, 1840-1910](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/131/13147627/CHSBZCOP0313147627.jpg)
In the middle of the nineteenth century, German and Austrian concertgoers began to hear new rhythms and harmonies as non-Western musical ensembles began to make their way to European cities and classical music introduced new compositional trends. At the same time, leading physicists, physiologists, and psychologists were preoccupied with understanding the sensory perception of sound from a psychophysical perspective, seeking a direct and measu...