The Routledge Companion to Music Cognition

by Richard Ashley (Editor), Renee Timmers (Editor)

Overview

The Routledge Companion to Music Cognition addresses fundamental questions about the nature of music from a psychological perspective. Music cognition is presented as the field that investigates the psychological, physiological, and physical processes that allow music to take place, seeking to explain how and why music has such powerful and mysterious effects on us. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of research in music cognition, balancing accessibility with depth and sophistication.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138721050
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/23/2017
Series:	Routledge Music Companions
Pages:	590
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Ashley is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition at Northwestern University, where he also holds appointments in Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Renee Timmers is Reader in Psychology of Music at the Department of Music, The University of Sheffield, UK, where she directs the research center, "Music, Mind, Machine in Sheffield."

Table of Contents

Part 1: Music from the Air to the Brain

1 Music from the Air to the Brain and Body (EDWARD W. LARGE)

2 Music and the Brain: Areas and Networks (PSYCHE LOUI AND EMILY PRZYSINDA)

3 Music in the Brain: Imagery and Memory (REBECCA S. SCHAEFER)

4 Music in the Brain: Music and Language Processing (MIREILLE BESSON, MYLÈNE BARBAROUX, AND EVA DITTINGER)

5 Music and the Brain: Music and Cognitive Abilities (REYNA L. GORDON AND CYRILLE L. MAGNE)

6 Music, Brain and Movement: Time, Beat and Rhythm (MOLLY J. HENRY AND JESSICA A. GRAHN)

7 Music and Health: Physical, Mental, and Emotional (SUVI SAARIKALLIO)

8 Music and Healing Processes: Music Therapy (JÖRG FACHNER)

9 Music, Pleasure, and Social Affiliation: Hormones and Neurotransmitters (RONI GRANOT)

Part 2: Hearing and Listening to Music

10 Musical Structure: Time and Rhythm (PETER MARTENS AND FERNANDO BENADON)

11 Musical Structure: Sound and Timbre (STEPHEN MCADAMS AND MEGHAN GOODCHILD)

12 Musical Structure: Tonality, Melody, Harmonicity, and Counterpoint (DANIEL SHANAHAN)

13 Musical Structure: Melody, Texture, and Harmony in the Classical Tradition (ROBERT GJERDINGEN)

14 Harmony and Melody in Popular Music (DAVID TEMPERLEY AND TREVOR DE CLERCQ)

15 Musical Structure: Form (RICHARD ASHLEY)

16 Music Production: Recording Technology and Acousmatic Listening (RAGNHILD BRØVIG-HANSSEN AND ANNE DANIELSEN)

17 Musical Connections: Absolute Pitch (ELIZABETH WEST MARVIN)

18 Musical Connections: Crossmodal Correspondences (ZOHAR EITAN)

19 Musical Connections: M

Editorial Reviews

Awarded the Society for Music Theory Citation of Special Merit, 2019

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