Darryl Cressman received his PhD from the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University and is a lecturer in the Philosophy of Technology at Maastricht University. He has published articles on media theory and the philosophy of technology.

• List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, 1. The Concert Hall as a Medium of Musical Culture, 2. Listening, Attentive Listening, and Musical Meaning, 3. Patronage, Class, and Buildings for Music: Aristocratic Opera Houses and Bourgeois Concert Halls, 4. Acoustic Architecture Before Science: Designing the Sound of the Concertgebouw, 5. Frisia Non Cantat: The Unmusicality of the Dutch, 6. Listening to Media History, References, Index

Darryl Cressman received his PhD from the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University and is a lecturer in the Philosophy of Technology at Maastricht University. He has published articles on media theory and the philosophy of technology.

• List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, 1. The Concert Hall as a Medium of Musical Culture, 2. Listening, Attentive Listening, and Musical Meaning, 3. Patronage, Class, and Buildings for Music: Aristocratic Opera Houses and Bourgeois Concert Halls, 4. Acoustic Architecture Before Science: Designing the Sound of the Concertgebouw, 5. Frisia Non Cantat: The Unmusicality of the Dutch, 6. Listening to Media History, References, Index

Darryl Cressman received his PhD from the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University and is a lecturer in the Philosophy of Technology at Maastricht University. He has published articles on media theory and the philosophy of technology.

• List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, 1. The Concert Hall as a Medium of Musical Culture, 2. Listening, Attentive Listening, and Musical Meaning, 3. Patronage, Class, and Buildings for Music: Aristocratic Opera Houses and Bourgeois Concert Halls, 4. Acoustic Architecture Before Science: Designing the Sound of the Concertgebouw, 5. Frisia Non Cantat: The Unmusicality of the Dutch, 6. Listening to Media History, References, Index