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Title:
Exploring the musical mind : cognition, emotion, ability, function
Author:
Sloboda, John A.
ISBN:
9780198530121

9780198530138
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Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description:
xxix, 437 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
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.
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