Title: Psychological foundations of musical behavior
First published: 1979
Description: Psychological Foundations of Musical Behavior provides the reader with a complete overview of human musical experiences. This new edition represents a major revision of the book and links the field's past traditions with present developments. While maintaining the comprehensive treatment that characterized the previous editions, the authors have added a new section on musical performance, updated the treatment of musical learning and development, and given special attention to commercial uses of music.

New chapter orders reflect a more pedagogically practical sequence, and the authors have included material to reflect contemporary developments and concerns in music psychology as well as to assure comprehensibility. This exceptional book will not only assist undergraduate and graduate students in music education, music therapy, psychology, and related fields, but will also benefit the layman interested in music, who will find a wealth of useful information and references.
Subjects: Educational behavior Psychology, Music, Music therapy, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Music, Psychology, Educational behavior, Behavior, Aspect psychologique, Educational Psychology, Musique, Musikpsychologie, Psychology, Artificial satellites in telecommunication