Aesthetic Judgments of Live and Recorded Music: Effects of Congruence Between Musical Artist and Piece.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the live music industry to an abrupt halt; subsequently, musicians are looking for ways to replicate the live concert experience virtually. The present study sought to investigate differences in aesthetic judgments of a live concert vs. a recorded concert, and whether these responses vary based on congruence between musical artist and piece. Participants (N = 32) made continuous ratings of their felt pleasure either during a live concert or while viewing an audiovisual recorded version of the same joint concert given by a university band and a United States Army band. Each band played two pieces: a United States patriotic piece (congruent with the army band) and a non-patriotic piece (congruent with the university band). Results indicate that, on av

SUBMITTER: Belfi AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890201 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature