
Musical Beginnings
Origins and Development of Musical Competence
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. February 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-0-19-852332-1 (ISBN)
Description
The question: `From where, and by what mechanisms, does an individual's musical ability originate?' is a subject of major interest both to music psychologists, and musicians, heightened by the recent research into prenatal perception of sound. The Origins and Development of Musical Competence brings together authoritative reviews on central issues, beginning with prenatal auditory experience, through infancy and early childhood. The chapters chart the developmental process with reference to the child's changing environment: from the uterus, through the intense and semi-exclusive mother-baby bond, to the wider contexts provided by the family, school, and society at large, making this the most up-to-date integration of music and developmental psychology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-852332-1 (9780198523321)
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Editor
, Centre de Recherches Musicales de Wallonie, Liege
Professor, Department of PsychologyProfessor, Department of Psychology, University of Keele
Content
Chapter 1 - Prenatal auditory experience ; Chapter 2 - Musicality in infancy research: biological and cultural origins of early musicality ; Chapter 3 - Infants' auditory sensitivity towards acoustic parameters of speech and music ; Chapter 4 - Intuitive parenting: a hidden source of musical stimulation in infancy ; Chapter 5 - The development of the perception of time and temporal regulation of action in infants and children ; Chapter 6 - The development of artistic and musical competence ; Chapter 7 - The young performing musician ; Chapter 8 - Linguistic and musical development in preschool and school-age children