Discovering the musical mind : a view of creativity as learning / by Jeanne Bamberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bamberger, Jeanne Shapiro.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Instruction and study.

Music.

Musical ability.

Musical ability in children.

Music--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout her long and distinguished career, Jeanne Bamberger conducted countless case studies analysing musical development and creativity within the classroom environment. 'Discovering the Musical Mind' draws together these classic studies, and offers the chance to revisit and reconsider some of the conclusions she drew at the time.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Sound examples; Part I: Beginnings; 1 Introduction: Where do our questions come from? Where do our answers go?; 2 The first invented notations: Designing the Class Piece; 3 Children's drawings of simple rhythms: A typology of children's invented notations; 4 The typology revisited; Part II: Developing the Musical Mind; 5 Introduction: What develops in music development?; 6 Restructuring conceptual intuitions through invented notations: From path making to map making; 7 Changing musical perception through reflective conversation

8 Cognitive issues in the development of musically gifted children9 Developing musical structures: Going beyond the simples; Part III: Designing Educational Environments; 10 Introduction: Designing educational environments; 11 Developing a musical ear: A new experiment; 12 Action knowledge and symbolic knowledge: The computer as mediator; 13 The collaborative invention of meaning: A short history of evolving ideas; 14 Noting time: The Math, Music, and Drumming Project; Part IV: Computer as Sandbox; 15 Turning music theory on its ear: Do we hear what we see? Do we see what we say?

16 The development of intuitive musical understanding: A natural experiment17 Music as embodied mathematics: A study of a mutually informing affinity; Part V: Summing Up; 18 Engaging complexity: Three hearings of a Beethoven Sonata movement; 19 Recapitulation and coda; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 18, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-166331-X

0-19-164385-8

1-306-22450-0

OCLC:

867050015