The musicologist Lawrence Kramer dates the “invention” of listening to the 18 th century, alongside the concept of the inner self. In his 2007 book Why Classical Music Still Matters, he writes, “All ...

was the Moravian town of Bethlehem. The Heller brothers’ community prospered. The Revolution, the creation of the United States and the War of 1812 came and went. In 1820 the little town had 13 ...