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Musical perceptions

Title
Musical perceptions / edited by Rita Aiello with John A. Sloboda.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Aiello, Rita.
  • Sloboda, John A.
Description
xiii, 290 pages : illustrations, music; 25 cm
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • Philosophical Perspectives. 1. Emotion and Meaning in Music / Leonard B. Meyer. 2. Music and Language: Parallels and Contrasts / Rita Aiello. 3. Perception: A Perspective from Music Theory / Nicholas Cook -- Developmental Perspectives. 4. Songsinging by Young and Old: A Developmental Approach to Music / Lyle Davidson. 5. Coming to Hear in a New Way / Jeanne Bamberger. 6. Music Performance: Expression and the Development of Excellence / John A. Sloboda -- The Perception of Melody, Tonality Rhythm and Timing. 7. Melodic Contour in Hearing and Remembering Melodies / W. Jay Dowling. 8. Describing the Mental Representation of Tonality in Music / David Butler and Helen Brown. 9. Tonality and Expectation / Jamshed J. Bharucha. 10. Perception, Production, and Imitation of Time Ratios by Skilled Musicians / Saul Sternberg and Ronald L. Knoll. 11. The Interpretive Component in Musical Performance / L. H. Shaffer and Neil P. McAngus Todd -- The Perception of Musical Compositions.
  • 12. Can Listening to Music Be Experimentally Studied? / Rita Aiello.
ISBN
  • 0195064755 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0195064763 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LCCN
93028888
OCLC
ocm28546994
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries