Answering fundamental questions about musical preference, ability, and communication, the field of Musical Cognition and Development is critical to the understanding of how music is processed, grasped, and learned. Drawn from the widely acclaimed New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and
Learning (Oxford, 2002), the MENC Handbook of Musical Cognition and Development covers the latest theoretical and practical techniques that explain meaning and understanding in music. A distinguished team of internationally recognized experts offers cogent and concise insights providing readers
up-to-date information and references. The volume covers the most important topics in this field, including skill development in music performance, research on communicating music expressiveness, the neurobiology of music, the cognitive constraints in the listening process, and music and medicine as
applied to neuroscience.
Practical and affordable, this volume will prove essential for students and scholars of music education and the psychology of music. It is both an excellent starting point for those looking to gain an orientation to the field, and an up-to-date presentation of the
most recent research findings for experienced researchers, instructors, and pedagogues.
Andreas C. Lehmann, Hochschule für Musik, Würzburg, Germany: Introduction: Music Perception and Cognition
1. John W. Flohr, Texas Women's University, Denton, and Donald A. Hodges, University of North Carolina, Greensboro: Music and Neuroscience
2. Wilfried Gruhn, University of Freiburg,
and Frances Rauscher, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh: The Neurobiology of Music Cognition and Learning
3. William Forde Thompson, York University, Toronto, and E. Glenn Schellenberg, University of Toronto at Mississauga: Listening to Music
4. Heiner Gembris, University of Paderborn,
Germany: The Development of Musical Abilities
5. Bruce Torff, Hofstra University: A Comparative Review of Human Abilitiy Theory: Context, Structure, and Development
6. Reinhard Kopiez, University of Hannover, Germany: Making Music and Making Sense Through Music: Expressive Performance and
Communication
7. Andreas C. Lehmann, Hochschule für Musik, Würzburg, Germany and Jane W. Davidson, University of Sheffield: Taking an Acquired Skills Perspective on Music Performance
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Richard Colwell is Professor Emeritus of Music Education at the University of Illinois and the New England Conservatory of Music. He is the founding editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning. He is also a
Guggenheim scholar and a member of MENC's Hall of Fame.
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