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Psychology of Music (1938) » Read Now
by Carl E. Seashore. 410 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC BY CARL E. SEASHORE, PH.D., LL.D., SC.D., D.LITT...In a series of reports from the laboratory-studio for the Psychology of Music...
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The Psychology of Music: A Survey for Teacher and Musician (1940) » Read Now
by Max Schoen. 264 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC A SURVEY FOR TEACHER AND MUSICIAN...of those research studies in the psychology of music that I felt had a most direct bearing...quotations from The...
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Musical Perceptions (Chap. 1 "Emotion and Meaning in Music" begins on p. 3 and Chap. 3 "Perception: A Perspective from Music Theory" begins on p. 64) » Read Now
by Rita Aiello, John A. Sloboda. 290 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

PART I: Philosophical Perspectives 1. Emotion and Meaning in Music, L.B. Meyer 2. Music and Language: Parallels and Contrasts, R. Aiello 3. Perception: A Perspective from Music Theory, N. Cook PART II: Developmental Perspectives 4. Songsinging by Young and Old: A Developmental Approach...
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PART I: Philosophical Perspectives 1. Emotion and Meaning in Music, L.B. Meyer 2. Music and Language: Parallels and Contrasts, R. Aiello 3. Perception: A Perspective from Music Theory, N. Cook PART II: Developmental Perspectives 4. Songsinging by Young and Old: A Developmental Approach to Music, L. Davidson 5. Coming to Hear in a New Way, J. Bamberger 6. Music Performance: Expression and Development of Excellence, J.A. Sloboda PART III: The Perception of Melody, Tonality, Rhythm and Timing 7. Melodic Contour in Hearing and Remembering Melodies, W.J. Dowling 8. Describing the Mental Representation of Tonality in Music, D. Beutler and H. Brown 9. Tonality and Expectation, J.J. Bharucha 10. Perception, Production, and Imitation of Time Ratios by Skilled Musicians, S. Sternberg and R.L. Knoll PART IV: The Perception of Musical Compositions 11. The Interpretive Component in Musical Performance, L.H. Shaffer and N.P. Todd 12. Can Listening to Music be Experimentally Studied?, R. Aiello
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The Perception of Music (Chap. 4 "Psychological Origins and Development of the Sense of Tonality") » Read Now
by Robert Frances, W. Jay Dowling. 375 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

...addition to his contributors the psychology of music, Frances has made significant...it has been fashioned. The psychology of music like the philosophy of music...for the...
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The Meaning of Music: A Study in Psychological Aesthetics » Read Now
by Carroll C. Pratt. 256 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

...Meaning of Music A STUDY...Professor of Psychology and Tutor...for general psychology applies with...material of music is the sensuous...Experimental Psychology ...
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In Search of Beauty in Music: A Scientific Approach to Musical Esthetics (Part One "Scientific Approaches to Musical Esthetics") » Read Now
by Carl E. Seashore. 389 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...increasing demands for the psychology of music in these fields, as well as...articles on research in the psychology of music which have more or less direct...avenue of...
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The Musical Temperament: Psychology and Personality of Musicians » Read Now
by Anthony E. Kemp. 304 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Introduction: Personality assessment 1. Musicianship from a different perspective 2. Introversion 3. Independence 4. Anxiety 5. Gender role adaptability 6. Music preferences and listening styles 7. Orchestral performers 9. Musicians in popular fields and conductors 10. Composers...
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Introduction: Personality assessment 1. Musicianship from a different perspective 2. Introversion 3. Independence 4. Anxiety 5. Gender role adaptability 6. Music preferences and listening styles 7. Orchestral performers 9. Musicians in popular fields and conductors 10. Composers 11. Music teachers 12. Development of musical talent
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Auditory Imagery » Read Now
by Daniel Reisberg. 292 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Music, Imagination, and Culture » Read Now
by Nicholas Cook. 272 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Musicians imagine music by means of functional models which determine certain aspects of the music while leaving others open. This gap between image and the experience it models offers a source of compositional creativity; different musical cultures embody different ways of imagining sound as music...
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Musicians imagine music by means of functional models which determine certain aspects of the music while leaving others open. This gap between image and the experience it models offers a source of compositional creativity; different musical cultures embody different ways of imagining sound as music. Drawing on psychological and philosophical materials as well as the analysis of specific musical examples, Cook here defines the difference between music theory and aesthetic criticism, and affirms the importance of the "ordinary listener" in musical culture.
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From Beethoven to Shostakovich: The Psychology of the Composing Process (1947) » Read Now
by Max Graf. 488 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library
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The Psychology of a Musical Prodigy (1925) » Read Now
by G. Revesz. 196 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Biomusicology: Neurophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Purposes of Music » Read Now
by Nils L. Wallin. 612 pgs.

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Listening Subjects: Music, Psychoanalysis, Culture » Read Now
by David Schwarz. 224 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library
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Music in Everyday Life » Read Now
by Tia Denora. 181 pgs.

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The power of music in everyday life is widely recognized and this is reflected in social theory from Plato to Adorno that portrays music as an influence on character, social structure and action. This book uses a series of ethnographic studies and in-depth interviews to show how music is a...
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The power of music in everyday life is widely recognized and this is reflected in social theory from Plato to Adorno that portrays music as an influence on character, social structure and action. This book uses a series of ethnographic studies and in-depth interviews to show how music is a constitutive feature of human agency. Drawing together concepts from psychology, sociology and sociolinguistics it develops a theory of music's active role in the construction of social life and highlights the aesthetic dimension of social order and organization in modern societies.
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Music, the Beautiful Disturber; Whether It's Bach, Beatles, 'The Boss,' Blues or Ballads, Chances Are That Music Speaks to Your Emotions, and It's No Accident, in Psychology Today » Read Now
by Anne H. Rosenfeld. 7 pgs.
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Reexamination of the Effect of Mozart's Music on Spatial-Task Performance, in Journal of Psychology » Read Now
by Thomas L. Wilson, Tina L. Brown. 6 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library