Welcome to The Listening Experience Database

This is an open and freely searchable database that brings together a mass of data about people’s experiences of listening to music of all kinds, in any historical period and any culture.

There are currently 12225 listening experiences in the database, with 193 more experiences awaiting approval.

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school children in United Kingdom - mid 19th Century

"     In this country singing has been introduced with great success in infant-schools. It has been shown to be a means of varying, in the most pleasing manner, the usual lessons, and calculated, therefore, not only to relieve the attention when too much [...]"
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Sergey Prokofiev - 7 November, 1914, in the afternoon

"At two o'clock went with some pleasurable anticipation to my new pupil on Fratsuzskaya Quay*. She was looking less attractive today. I was greeted by the Prince, a most courteous gentleman, who conducted us to the piano and then left us. My new pupil was evidently very [...]"
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