Description: (Music Critic)
Eduard Hanslick, a prominent Austrian music critic, aesthetician, and historian, made significant contributions to music aesthetics. Serving as the chief music critic of the Neue Freie Presse for several decades, he played a crucial role in shaping musical discourse. His well-known treatise "Vom Musikalisch-Schönen" is a notable work that enhances our understanding of musical beauty. Hanslick's conservative views favored absolute music and he actively supported composers like Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, while offering critique towards the works of others such as Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner.