This study investigated whether reading biographical information about the composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) before listening to his music would influence listeners’ self-reported emotional responses. The study involved 179 participants who completed an online listening exercise in which they read either a negative or a neutral biography of Zelenka, or no biography, before listening to two short excerpts of his music. After listening to each excerpt, participants completed a 27-item questionnaire concerning their emotional responses and were then asked to describe in their own words how the music made them feel. Two-factor analyses identified five factors underlying the emotional responses of participants for each musical excerpt. Generalised Linear Mixed Model analyses indicate that the biography condition affected participants’ emotional responses with regard to memories, associations, and mental images. Positive emotional contagion was also a significant predictor variable for several of the emotional factors that were identified. A thematic analysis of participants’ free-text responses supported both the BRECVEMAC model and persona theory as interpretative frameworks, albeit with caveats. Additionally, a chi-square test of contingencies revealed that participants who read the negative biography of Zelenka were more likely to make use of negative language to describe their emotional responses to the music, and that participants who read no biography were more likely to use neutral language. The findings suggest that contextual biographical information about composers (e.g., in programme notes) can have an impact on the emotional experiences of listeners.

这项研究调查了在听音乐之前阅读有关作曲家扬·迪马斯·泽伦卡（Jan Dismas Zelenka（1679–1745））的传记信息是否会影响听众的自我报告的情感反应。这项研究涉及179位参与者，他们完成了在线听力练习，在听了两段简短的音乐摘录之前，他们阅读了Zelenka的负面或中性传记，或者没有传记。听完每个摘录后，参与者填写了一份有关他们的情感反应的27项问卷，然后被要求用自己的话语描述音乐如何使他们感到。两因素分析确定了每个音乐摘录中参与者情绪反应的五个因素。广义线性混合模型分析表明，传记条件会影响参与者在记忆，联想和心理形象方面的情感反应。积极的情绪传染也是确定的几种情绪因素的重要预测变量。对参与者的自由文本响应进行主题分析，尽管有一些注意事项，但仍支持BRECVEMAC模型和角色理论作为解释框架。此外，对意外情况的卡方检验显示，阅读Zelenka负面传记的参与者更有可能使用负面语言来描述他们对音乐的情感反应，而没有阅读传记的参与者则更有可能使用中性语言。研究结果表明，有关作曲家的上下文传记信息（e。