Musical Perceptions [Hardcover]

Rita Aiello (Editor), John A. Sloboda (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195064755 | ISBN-13: 978-0195064759 | Publication Date: January 6, 1994

This introduction to the perception and cognition of music has been designed for both psychology and music students. The chapters are prefaced by editorial comments that give readers a background to the research discussed by the contributors.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is an interesting book that reflects the views and concerns of theorists, performers and psychologists, as well as 'music perception researchers'...It will inform and challenge readers in the philosophical as well as experimental thinking and research."--Psychomusicology

"[A] remarkable and fundamental text for re-reading...an extremely practical collection...Rita Aiello has achieved her goal: to provide a collection of articles that represents the variety of prevailing tendencies in a discipline whose contours are difficult to discern in our minds."--European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music Newsletter

"This excellent overview of recent research and developments in the perception and cognition of music will be valuable to graduate students and professionals in the fields of music and psychology."--Choice

"This book is valuable to musicians of all kinds because it shows us the range of thinking that has been done by many of the best people in a rich field of musical and psychological researchers, beginning with a reprinting of the opening chapter of Leonard Meyer's Emotion and Meaning in Music (1956) and ending with editor Aiello's current hopes for future work in the field."--College Music Society Newsletter

"I like this collection of work. It provides an accessible range of papers from differing approaches that cover many aspects of the study of music perception, and that demonstrate the depth of study that is evolving in this relatively young field."--Perception --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Rita Aiello, Ph.D., is a professor at the Julliard School, and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Psychology at New York University, and an adjunct professor at the Manhattan School of Music. Dr. Aiello, a pianist, has an interest in the nature, the meaning and the understanding of music.

John A. Sloboda, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Keele, Staffordshire.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 6, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195064755
• ISBN-13: 978-0195064759
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,575,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good articles, but some are less accesible than others., September 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Musical Perceptions (Paperback)

The breakdown of Musical Perceptions is very well done in this collection of essays. Beginning with a detailed philisophical essay concerning the meaning of music in terms of behavioral and emotional affect, it continues on to describe psychological and cognitive elements which are more or less for the 'knowledgable' reader. The first part of the book is largeley devoted to describing different perspectives on how we percieve the meaning of music. Philisophical, linguistical, and behavioural aspects are all discussed. For anyone writing an essay on the perception or 'variance' of music this text forms a good overview of the different trends in music research and thought. Well annotated and referenced, but not for the casual non-musician.

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary, March 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Musical Perceptions (Paperback)

For a person who loves classical music but is not a musician, I particularly enjoyed the book. I found the introductions to each division and summaries after each contributor extremely helpful. Aside from the content of the text, I very much liked the Picasso cover.