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

By: Clarke, Eric FMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780195151947 (hbk.) :; 0195151941 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Musicology | PerceptionDDC classification: 780.7'2
Contents:
Perception, ecology, and music - Jimi Hendrix's "Star spangled banner" - Music, motion, and subjectivity - Subject-position in music - Autonomy/Heteronomy and perceptual style - The first movement of Beethoven's string quartet in A minor, op. 132.
Summary: 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 and social contexts of listening rather than as a function of our brain structure or a cultural code.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perception, ecology, and music - Jimi Hendrix's "Star spangled banner" - Music, motion, and subjectivity - Subject-position in music - Autonomy/Heteronomy and perceptual style - The first movement of Beethoven's string quartet in A minor, op. 132.

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 and social contexts of listening rather than as a function of our brain structure or a cultural code.

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