Description

This book addresses the central problem of music cognition: how listeners' responses move beyond mere registration of auditory events to include the organization, interpretation, and remembrance of these events in terms of their function in a musical context of pitch and rhythm. Equally important, the work offers an analysis of the relationship between the psychological organization of music and its internal structure. Combining over a decade of original research on music cognition with an overview of the available literature, the work will be of interest to cognitive and physiological psychologists, psychobiologists, musicians, music researchers, and music educators. The author provides the necessary background in experimental methodology and music theory so that no specialized knowledge is required for following her major arguments.

Reviews

"A remarkable collection of results achieved through more than a decade by [Krumhansl] and colleagues. . . .The book's printing, layout, and technical features are excellent. . . .Includes in a well-organized manner a wealth of important data, notions, and references; and it is an appreciable document of what can be accomplished by the cognitive approach. Everyone seriously concerned with the perception of music should carefully study this book." --ACUSTICA

Product Details

318 pages; 87 halftones & line illus; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-514836-7ISBN10: 0-19-514836-3

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