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Musical perceptions / edited by Rita Aiello with John A. Sloboda. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. - xiii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Philosophical Perspectives. Emotion and Meaning in Music / Music and Language: Parallels and Contrasts / Perception: A Perspective from Music Theory / Developmental Perspectives. Songsinging by Young and Old: A Developmental Approach to Music / Coming to Hear in a New Way / Music Performance: Expression and the Development of Excellence / The Perception of Melody, Tonality Rhythm and Timing. Melodic Contour in Hearing and Remembering Melodies / Describing the Mental Representation of Tonality in Music / Tonality and Expectation / Perception, Production, and Imitation of Time Ratios by Skilled Musicians / The Interpretive Component in Musical Performance / The Perception of Musical Compositions. Can Listening to Music Be Experimentally Studied? / Leonard B. Meyer. Rita Aiello. Nicholas Cook -- Lyle Davidson. Jeanne Bamberger. John A. Sloboda -- W. Jay Dowling. David Butler and Helen Brown. Jamshed J. Bharucha. Saul Sternberg and Ronald L. Knoll. L. H. Shaffer and Neil P. McAngus Todd -- Rita Aiello. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

ISBN: 0195064755 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0195064763 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN: 93028888 /MN/r94

Nat. Bib. No.: GB94-19088

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Musical perception.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Subjects--Index Terms: Music Psychology

LC Class. No.: ML3830 / .M983 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 781/.11