The child as musician : a handbook of musical development / edited by Gary E. McPherson.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
Second edition.
Published/​Created
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Description
xxiii, 671 pages ; 26 cm

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    'The Child as Musician' celebrates the richness and diversity of the many different ways in which children can engage in and interact with music. It presents theory - both cutting edge and classic - in an accessible way for readers by surveying research concerned with the development and acquisition of musical skills.
    Notes
    "First published in paperback 2017"--Tp. verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Prenatal development / Richard Parncutt
    • Reflections on infants as musical connoisseurs / Sandra E. Trehub and Franziska Degé
    • The child musician's brain / Donald A. Hodges
    • Musicality / Susan Hallam
    • Musical cognition in childhood / Kathleen A. Corrigall and Glenn E. Schellenberg
    • Musical agency / Jackie Wiggins
    • The potential impact of autism on musical development / Adam Ockelford
    • Music and nonmusical abilities / Glenn E. Schellenberg
    • Musical literacy : reading traditional clef notation / Janet Mills and Gary E. McPherson
    • Musical literacy : music as language / Chris Philpott
    • Engaging in a sound musicianship / Andrew R. Brown
    • Underlying mechanisms and processes in the development of emotion perception in music / Emery Schubert and Gary E. McPherson
    • Felt experiences of popular musics / David J. Elliott and Marissa Silverman
    • Children, popular music, and identity / Sharon G. Davis
    • The child as music critic / Paul Woodford
    • How and why do musical preferences change in childhood and adolescence? / David J. Hargreaves, Adrian C. North, and Mark Tarrant
    • Motivation / Paul Evans
    • Building gifts into musical talents / Gary E. McPherson and Aaron Williamon
    • Inclusive music classrooms : a universal approach / Judith A. Jellison
    • Music and wellbeing during illness / Costanza Preti and Katrina S. McFerran
    • Adolescent music is not problematic / Katrina S. McFerran
    • Playing an instrument / Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson and Paul Evans
    • Building performance confidence / Margaret S. Osborne
    • Singing and vocal development / Graham Welch
    • Musical play / Kathryn Marsh and Susan Young
    • The individual and social worlds of children's musical creativities / Pamela Burnard and Hsu-Chan Kuo
    • Computer-based technology / Peter R. Webster
    • Historical perspectives / Gordon Cox
    • Child as musical apprentice / Frank Abrahams and Daniel Abrahams
    • Global practices / Patricia Shehan Campbell
    • Transcultural childhoods / Alexandra Kertz-Welzel
    • My voice is important too : non-formal music experiences and young people / Lee Higgins
    • Transformative music engagement and musical flourishing / Susan A. O'Neill
    • The transition from adolescent to adult music learner / Jane W. Davidson and Robert Faulkner
    • Fostering lifelong engagement in music / Stephanie E. Pitts.
    ISBN
    • 9780198744443 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 0198744447 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780198817154 ((paperback ; : alk. paper))
    • 0198817150 ((paperback ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2015939092
    OCLC
    926096697
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