There is much to admire in Patrik Juslin’s winding article [1], so one is hesitant to dwell on a few shortcomings. Juslin has taken on the ambitious task of bringing “aesthetic” emotions into his previous work on music-related affect. However, there are a number of philosophical issues that are dealt with hastily. For philosophers, the article often conflates normative and prescriptive argument...

In August 1969, the music documentary series Workshop (1964–78) focused on electronic in a 55-minute-long film titled ‘The Same Trade as Mozart’. Produced and directed by David Buckton, included interviews with composers Karlheinz Stockhausen, Tristram Cary Justin Connolly; BBC Radiophonic staff Desmond Briscoe, Cain John Baker, Workshop’s founder, Daphne Oram; Peter Zinovieff, director of EMS ...

In Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's medical history quite an impressive list of possible diseases has been collected. In the 1980s the diagnosis of Tourette's syndrome was added to the list. Evidence of vocal tics was derived from the scatological expressions found in the letters of Mozart. In addition there are a few contemporary reports on striking motor behavior suggesting the existence of motor ti...

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