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Informationen zum Autor David Hargreaves works in the department of psychology at the University of Leicester Klappentext This book provides a ground-breaking! comprehensive account of the social contexts in which people create! perform! perceive! understand! and react to music. It represents the first attempt to define the field since Farnsworth's book of the same title published in 1969. The topics include: personality; gender; listening situations; non-Western cultures; musical skill; performance; music therapy; consumer behaviour; and music education. Zusammenfassung This text provides a comprehensive account of the social contexts in which people create, perform, perceive, understand and react to music. It covers topics such as personality, gender and listening situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.: D. Hargreaves and A. North: The Social Psychology of Music Part 1. Individual Differences 2.: A. Kemp: Individual Differences in Musical Behaviour 3.: S. O'Neill: Gender and Music Part 2. Social Groups and Situations 4.: R. Crozier: Music and Social Influence 5.: A. North and D. Hargreaves: Experimental Aesthetics and Everyday Music Listening Part 3. Social and Cultural Influences 6.: D. Simonton: Products, Persons, and Periods: Historiometric Analyses of Compositional Creativity 7.: A. Gregory: The Roles of Music in Society: The Ethnomusicological Perspective 8.: P. Russell: Musical Tastes and Society Part 4. Developmental Issues 9.: D. Zillman and S. Gan: Musical Taste in Adolescence 10.: J. Davidson, M. Howe and J. Sloboda: Enviromental Factors in the Development of Musical Performance Skill over the Life-span Part 5. Musicianship 11.: J. Davidson: The Social Musical Performance 12.: G. Wilson: Performace Anxiety Part 6. Real World Applications 13.: L. Bunt: Clinical and Therapeutic Uses of Music 14.: A. North and D. Hargeaves: Music and Consumer Behaviour 15.: B. Olsson: The Social Psychology of Music Education ...