Today we talk with Brother X about Peter Szendy’s book “Listen: A History of Our Ears. Specifically we discuss chapter 2, which makes some pretty philosophical points about whether people degrade arrangements more in modern times than they did prior to 1773. He also puts forth the idea that the arrangement works in tandem with the original work to strive towards a sort of ideal "Work". We do some post hoc dunking on Liszt, Schumann, and Berlioz as well, but of course it’s all in good fun….