Perception and Cognition of Music
the sorbonne lectures
$120.79
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
19 February 2025
Summary
Decoding the Sonic World: Music, Mind, and Meaning
Description:
Perception and Cognition of Music: The Sorbonne Lectures presents revised and updated materials delivered in four distinguished lectures at the Université Paris-Sorbonne and the Université de Montréal, originally published in French.
The book bridges the fields of music psychology, music theory, and music analysis by way of a consideration of several aspects of music listening t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198939177 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198939175 |
| Author: | Stephen McAdams |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 19 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 628g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 163mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Stephen McAdams
Stephen McAdams studied music theory and composition before turning to perceptual psychology (BSc, McGill, 1977; PhD, Stanford, 1984). In 1986, he founded the Music Perception and Cognition team at IRCAM in Paris where he headed The Angel of Death research-creation project. He was a senior research scientist in the French CNRS (1989-2004) before moving to McGill University to direct CIRMMT (2004-2009). He holds the Canada Research Chair in Music Perceptionand Cognition and is Director of the international Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) partnership. He studies musical timbre and its role in the perception of orchestration.
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