The Perception of Music
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 1987
Book
Hardback
390 pages
978-0-89859-688-5 (ISBN)
Description
This translation of this classic text contains a balance of cultural and biological considerations. While arguing for the strong influence of exposure and of formal training on the way that music is perceived, Frances draws on the literature concerning the amusias to illustrate his points about the types of cognitive abstraction that are performed by the listener.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mahwah
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
657 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89859-688-5 (9780898596885)
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Robert Frances | W. Jay Dowling
The Perception of Music
E-Book
03/2014
1st Edition
Psychology Press Ltd
€55.49
Available for download
Robert Frances | W. Jay Dowling
The Perception of Music
E-Book
03/2014
1st Edition
Psychology Press Ltd
€55.49
Available for download
Persons
Robert Frances, W. Jay Dowling
Content
Contents: Part I:Syntax.Sound and Music. The Material. Syntax. Psychological Origins and Development of the Sense of Tonality. Part II:Rhetoric.Musical Discourse. Perception and Linear Organization. Perception and Simultaneous Organization. Part III:Expression and Meaning.The Problem of Meaning. Consistency and Coherence of Semantic Judgments. Themes of Signification: Symbolic Elements. Themes of Signification: Aspects and Degrees of Convention. Conclusion.