| Description |
xxix, 437 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
A: Cognitive processes -- The psychology of music reading -- Experimental studies of music reading: a review -- The uses of space in music notation -- Immediate recall of melodies -- Cognition and real music: the psychology of music comes of age -- Psychological structures in music: core research 1980-1990 -- Review of language, music, and mind / Diana Raffman -- Does music mean anything? -- B: Emotion and motivation -- Music as a language -- Music psychology and the composer -- Empirical studies of emotional response to music -- Emotional response to music: a review -- Musical performance and emotion: issues and developments -- C: Talent and skill development -- Musical expertise -- Musical ability -- The acquisition of musical performance expertise: deconstructing the 'talent' account of individual differences in musical expressivity -- Are some children more gifted for music than others? -- D: Music in the real world -- Everyday uses of music listening: a preliminary study -- Music: where cognition and emotion meet -- Music and workshop: a psychologist's perspective -- Emotion, functionality, and the everyday experience of music: where does music education fit? -- The 'sound of music' versus the 'essence of music': dilemmas for music-emotion researchers -- Assessing music psychology research: values, priorities, and outcomes |
| Summary |
"This new book brings together 24 selected essays and reviews written by an internationally acclaimed authority on music and the mind. Chapters are grouped into four main areas of study: cognitive processes (including music reading, memory, and performance); emotion and motivation; talent and skill development; and music in the real world (including functions of music in everyday life and culture). The book ends with a newly written chapter on music psychology and social benefits. The book brings together a range of influential writings to provide a compendious overview of a subject that has come to maturity during the author's career, a career that has significantly contributed to the development of the field."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cognition.
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Improvisation (Music) -- Psychological aspects.
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Musicians -- Psychology.
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Music -- Performance -- Psychological aspects.
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Composition (Music) -- Psychological aspects.
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Music -- Psychological aspects.
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Music -- psychology.
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| LC no. |
2005560241 |
| ISBN |
0198530129 hardback |
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0198530137 paperback |
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