The Developmental Psychology of Music
Book description
This book sets out the psychological basis of musical development in children and adults. The study has two major objectives: to review the research findings, theories and methodologies relevant to the developmental study of music; and to offer a framework within which these can be organised so as to pave…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Developmental Psychology of Music as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I would heartily recommend this book to those interested in how musical abilities develop through childhood.
Hargreaves’ text was the first to put the developmental psychology of music on the map, identifying it as an important area of study for the first time and setting the scene for a major area of research in music psychology that continues to this day.
I love the way that Hargreaves combines empirical findings with observations of his own children in action, which makes it an engaging read.
From Adam's list on explaining how music works.
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