On the nature of musical experience / Bennett Reimer and Jeffrey E. Wright, editors.

Other author Reimer, Bennett, editor.
Other author Wright, Jeffrey E., editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoNiwot, CO : University Press of Colorado, ©1992.
Descriptionxxi, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music--Instruction and study. --Research.

Contents Part I: Selected authors on musical experience. Monroe C. Beardsley -- Leonard Bernstein -- John Blacking -- Harry S. Broudy -- John Cage -- Thomas Clifton -- Aaron Copland -- Nelson Goodman -- Paul Hindemith -- Susanne K. Langer -- Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff -- Abraham Maslow -- Leonard B. Meyer -- James Mursell -- Louis Arnaud Reid -- Bennett Reimer -- Arnold Schoenberg -- Roger Sessions -- Igor Stravinsky. Part II: Features of musical experience held in common and implications for research. Introduction -- Intrinsicality -- Affect -- Expectation -- Meaning -- Intelligence -- Listening -- Sensuosity -- Time -- Reference -- Inspiration and Creativity -- Greatness -- Universals -- Functionality -- Musicality widespread. Part III: Recommendations and postscript.
Abstract A great deal of thought has been given to the nature of musical experience in the past four decades, but until now no other study has attempted to survey that thinking to ascertain which features of musical experience are viewed as essential by leading scholars. This book discusses the shared beliefs of twenty prominent aestheticians, composers, theorists, and educators. Among the thinkers summarized in this volume are Monroe Beardsley, Nelson Goodman, Susanne K. Langer, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Abraham Maslow, Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff and James Murtell. Fourteen features of musical experience were identified by most of the thinkers as a widespread phenomenon. These features are: intrinsicality, affect, expectation, meaning, intelligence, listening as foundational, sensuosity, time, reference, inspiration and creativity, greatness, universals, functionality, and musicality. A separate essay examines each of these features of musical experience and offers recommendations for needed research that would help the features be better understood, and more effectively integrated into music education. Serving as both an overview of the nature of musical experience and as the product of a community of music education scholars, this book is an important source of insight for all those interested in the ways human beings interact with music and how those interactions can be improved through education.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 92010196
ISBN0870812483 (alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML3845 .O62 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold