• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The musical mind : the cognitive psychology of music
  • Contributor: Sloboda, John A. [Author]
  • imprint: Oxford: Clarendon, 1985
  • Published in: Oxford psychology series ; no. 5
  • Extent: 1 online resource (x, 291 p.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198521280.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191706257
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  • Keywords: Music Psychological aspects ; Cognition
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Description: What are the mental processes involved in listening to, performing, and composing music? The author surveys the experimental literature in this area, and takes a critical look at what has been achieved, introducing such topics as composition and musical skill in non-literate cultures.