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Musical communication

This volume brings together leading researchers to examine how music can be used to communicate and the biological, cognitive, social, and cultural processes with underlie such communication. It will be valuable for all those involved in music cognition, music education and communication studies
Print Book, English, 2005
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005
Aufsatzsammlung
xvi, 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780198529361, 9780198529354, 0198529368, 019852935X
58546138
1. How do people communicate using music? ; 2. Music and meaning, ambiguity and evolution ; 3. Music and conversation ; COGNITION, REPRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION ; 4. Musical cognition: defining constraints on musical communication ; 5. From mimesis to catharsis: expression, perception and induction of emotion in music ; 6. Representation, cognition and musical communication: invented notation in children's musical communication ; 7. How the conventions of music notation shape musical perception and performance ; EMBODIED COMMUNICATION ; 8. Rhythm, human temporality and brain function ; 9. Musical companionship, musical community: music therapy and the process and value of musical communication ; 10. Bodily communication in musical performance ; 11. Singing as communication ; COMMUNICATION IN LEARNING AND EDUCATION ; 12. Musical communication and chnildren's communities of musical practice ; 13. Musical communication between adults and young children ; 14. Pedagogical communication in the music classroom ; CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF COMMUNICATION ; 15. Talking about music: a vehicle for identity development ; 16. Hippies vs hip-hop heads: an exploration of music's ability to communicate an alternative political agenda from the perspective of two divergent musical genres ; 17. Communication in Indian raga performance ; 18. The role of music communication in cinema ; 19. Musical communication in commercial contexts