Ways of listening : an ecological approach to the perception of musical meaning /

Clarke, Eric F.

Ways of listening : an ecological approach to the perception of musical meaning / Eric F. Clarke. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 237 p. ; 22 cm.

Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clarke explores music's meaning, its critical function in human lives and the relationship between listening and musical material. His 'ecological approach' suggests that our musical understanding must be considered within the physical & social contexts of listening rather than as a function of our brain structure or a cultural code.

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Musicology.
Musical perception.
Music.

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