Hodges, Donald A.

Music in the human experience : an introduction to music psychology / Donald A. Hodges and David C. Sebald. - New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2011. - xxi, 439 pages : ill. 24 cm. 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

CD-ROM contains interactive tutorials to accompany book.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [362]-426) and index.

Part I: Introducing music psychology -- What is music psychology? -- Philosophical issues in music psychology -- How we came to be musical -- Music around the world and across time -- Part II: Perceiving, understanding and responding to music -- Acoustical foundations of music -- Musical hearing -- Psychoacoustics and the perception of music -- Music cognition -- Music and the brain -- Bodily responses to music -- Musical emotions -- Part III: Being musical -- The musical person -- Music performance -- The psychology of music learning -- Music and health -- Music in social contexts.

9780415881869 (pbk.) 0415881862 (pbk.)

2010025158


Music--Psychological aspects.

ML3830 / .H47 2011

781.11 / H6886m