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Discovering the musical mind a view of creativity as learning

Title
Discovering the musical mind [electronic resource] : a view of creativity as learning / by Jeanne Bamberger, Professor Emerita of Music and Urban Education, MIT, USA.
Author
Bamberger, Jeanne Shapiro.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 361 p.) : ill., music.
Uniform Title
Discovering the musical mind (Online)
Alternative Title
Discovering the musical mind (Online)
Subject
  • Music > Psychological aspects
  • Musical ability in children
  • Musical perception in children
  • Music > Instruction and study
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-349) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Beginnings. Introduction : where do our questions come from? Where do our answers go? ; The first invented notations : designing the class piece ; Children's drawings of simple rhythms : a typology of children's invented notations ; The typology revisited -- Developing the musical mind. Introduction : What develops in music development? ; Restructuring conceptual intuitions through invented notations : from path making to map making ; Changing musical perception through reflective conversation ; Cognitive issues in the development of musically gifted children ; Developing musical structures : going beyond the simples -- Designing educational environments. Introduction : designing educational environments ; Developing a musical ear : a new experiment ; Action knowledge and symbolic knowledge : the computer as mediator ; The collaborative invention of meaning : a short history of evolving ideas ; Noting time : the Math, Music, and Drumming Project -- Computer as sandbox. Turning music theory on its ear : Do we hear what we see? Do we see what we say? ; The development of intuitive musical understanding : a natural experiment ; Music as embodied mathematics : a study of a mutually informing affinity -- Summing up. Engaging complexity : three hearings of a Beethoven Sonata movement ; Recapitulation and coda.
LCCN
2013569216
OCLC
ssj0001156513
Author
Bamberger, Jeanne Shapiro.
Title
Discovering the musical mind [electronic resource] : a view of creativity as learning / by Jeanne Bamberger, Professor Emerita of Music and Urban Education, MIT, USA.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-349) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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