 It is likely that Ehrenfels’ musical interests, particularly Wagner’s music and the concept of “Leitmotiv”, influenced his idea of Gestaltqualität and his choice of melodies as a main example. Through Wagner there may be an implicit undercurrent of German Idealism and romanticism that in Ehrenfels obtains a (Brentanist/Meinongian) psychological formulation (Höfer 2017, 34–38).