Clarke, Eric F. - Ways of Listening

In Ways of Listening , musicologist Eric Clarke explores musical meaning, music's critical function in human lives, and the relationship between listening and musical material. Clarke outlines an ecological approach to understanding the perception of music, arguing that the way we hear and understand music is not simply a function of our brain structure or of the musical codes given to us by culture, but must be considered within the physical and social contexts of listening.

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Ch.1 Perception, Ecology, and Music
Ch. 2 Jimi Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner
Ch. 3 Music, Motion and Subjectivity
Ch. 4 Subject Position in Music
Ch.5 Autonomy/Heteronomy and Perceptual Style
Ch.6 The First Movement of Beethoven's Quartet in A Minor, Op 132
Conclusions
Notes
References
Index