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Music as cognition : the development of thought in sound

Title: Music as cognition : the development of thought in sound / Mary Louise Serafine.
Author: Serafine, Mary Louise.
Publication: New York : Columbia University Press, 1988.

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Description

x, 247 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm

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Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. [237]-241.

Contents

The problem : whence music comes -- Facts about music -- Theories about music -- The idea of music as cognition -- Preliminary concepts -- Case study : the formal Western tradition -- Psychological research in music -- Some processes -- Defining music cognition -- Temporal processes -- Nontemporal processes -- Aims of a developmental approach -- The development of temporal processes in the child -- General introduction to the studies -- Temporality : understanding the successive dimension -- Temporality : understanding simultaneity -- The development of nontemporal processes in the child -- Tonal closure -- understanding endedness -- Transformations : understanding similarity and difference -- Abstraction : recognizing parts in new contexts -- Hierarchic levels : understanding musical structure -- Conclusions -- Developmental trends -- The role of formal training and pitch discrimination -- Temporal and nontemporal processes -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

ISBN

0231057423
9780231057424

LCCN

87005122

OCLC

ocm15220955
15220955
SCSB-14690700

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Princeton University Library