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Music’s Fourth Wall and the Rise of Reflective Listening

Larry Wolff

2026.2.20JOURNAL OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH

DOI: 10.1080/01411896.2026.2621615

Abstract

Opening night of the season at the New York Philharmonic, with conductor Gustavo Dudamel and pianist Yunchan Lim. September 11, 2025.American musicologist Mark Evan Bonds has just published a thoug...

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WOLFF, Larry. Music’s fourth wall and the rise of reflective listening. JOURNAL OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2026, 44(4): 364–367.