Miell, Dorothy - Musical Communication

Music is a powerful form of communication. It provides a means by which people can share emotions, intentions, and meaning. This new addition to the music psychology list brings together leading researchers to examine how music can be used to communicate and the biological, cognitive, social, and cultural processes which underlie such communication. It will be valuable for all those involved in music cognition, music education, and communication studies.

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CONTENTS

1 David J. Hargreaves, Raymond MacDonald & Dorothy Miell: How do people communicate using music?
2 Ian Cross: Music and meaning, ambiguity and evolution
3 R. Keith Sawyer: Music and conversation
Cognition, Representation and Communication
4 Annabel J. Cohen: Musical cognition: defining constraints on musical communication
5 Patrik N. Juslin: From mimesis to catharsis: expression, perception and induction of emotion in music
6 Margaret Barrett: Representation, cognition and musical communication: invented notation in children's musical communication
7 Jeanne Bamberger: How the conventions of music notation shape musical perception and performance
Embodied Communication
8 Michael H. Thaut: Rhythm, human temporality and brain function
9 Gary Ansdell: Musical companionship, musical community: music therapy and the process and value of musical communication
10 Jane Davidson: Bodily communication in musical performance
11 Graham F. Welch: Singing as communication
Communication in Learning and Education
12 Margaret Barrett: Musical communication and chnildren's communities of musical practice
13 Susan Young: Musical communication between adults and young children
14 Charles Byrne: Pedagogical communication in the music classroom
Cultural Contexts of Communication
15 Raymond MacDonald, Dorothy Miell & Graeme Wilson: Talking about music: a vehicle for identity development
16 Janis McNair & John Powles: 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 Martin Clayton: Communication in Indian raga performance
18 Scott D. Lipscomb & David E. Tolchinsky: The role of music communication in cinema
19 Adrian C. North & David J. Hargreaves: Musical communication in commercial contexts