Psychological Perspectives on Musical Experiences and Skills : Research in the Western Balkans and Western Europe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bogunović, Blanka, author.

Contributor:

Timmers, Renee.

Nikolić, Sanela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Psychological aspects.

Music.

Music--Performance--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2024.

Summary:

Psychology of Music is a flourishing area of research in the Western Balkans. However, much of its findings and insights have remained relatively unknown outside the region. Psychological Perspectives on Musical Experiences and Skills features recent research from the Western Balkans, foregrounding its specific topics, methods, and influences, and bringing it into productive conversation with complementary research from Western Europe and further afield. The essays in this collection investigate the psychology of listening and performance and their relevance to music practice. Employing a range of research methodologies, they address divergent themes, from a cross-cultural understanding of aesthetic experiences and innovations to attract new audiences, to developmental perspectives on musical growth and the challenges of mastering performance skills. Authors reflect independently and collaboratively on how these psychological processes are shaped by the different traditions and geopolitical conditions inside and outside the Western Balkans. The result is a volume that emphasizes how musical experiences and practices happen not in isolation but in socio-cultural environments that contribute to their definition. This work will appeal to musicians, music educators, students, researchers, and psychologists with an interest in the psychology of music and exemplify ways forward in decolonizing academia.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Notes on Editors

Notes on Contributors

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Statistical Abbreviations and Symbols

1. Introduction: Music Psychology Research in the Western Balkans and Western Europe

Blanka Bogunović, Renee Timmers, and Sanela Nikolić

PART I

AESTHETIC AND EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES OF MUSIC

2. The Role of Affective Dimensions in the Aesthetic Experience of Music

Dragan Janković and Maja Mađarev

3. Aesthetic Experiences of Contemporary Music from the Perspectives of a Composer, a Performer, and a Musicologist

Sanela Nikolić and Ivana Miladinović Prica

4. Aesthetic Emotions in Music: Theory, Measurements, and Cross-cultural Comparison

Renee Timmers, Scott Bannister, and Thomas M. Lennie

PART II

MUSIC LISTENING IN CONTEXT

5. Sound Experience and Imagination at Early School Age: An Opportunity for Unleashing Children's Creative Potential

Mirsada Zećo, Marina Videnović, and Lejla Silajdžić

6. Adolescent Musical Preferences and their Relationship with Schwartz's Basic Values

Ivana Stepanović Ilić, Marina Videnović, Zora Krnjaić, and Ksenija Krstić

7. How Professional Musicians Can Better Connect to Audiences for Live Classical Music: Assessing Theory And Practice in the Light of the COVID-19 Crisis

John Sloboda

PART III

MUSIC COGNITION IN PERFORMANCE AND PRACTICE

8. Influences of Physical and Imagined Others in Music Students' Experiences of Practice and Performance

Andrea Schiavio, Henrique Meissner, and Renee Timmers

9. 4E Music Cognition in Theory and Practice

Andrea Schiavio and Dylan van der Schyff

10. Memorisation of Twentieth-Century Piano Music: A Longitudinal Case Study

Valnea Žauhar, Dunja Crnjanski, and Igor Bajšanski

11. Memory for Music: Research and Practice for Performers

Jane Ginsborg.

PART IV

PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSICIANS- FROM MOTIVATION AND PERSONALITY TO ADDRESSING CHALLENGES AND ANXIETY

12. Motivation and Personality as Factors of Musical Accomplishments: A Developmental and Cultural Perspective

Blanka Bogunović

13. The Lived Experience of Radical Acceleration in the Biographical Narratives of Exceptionally Gifted Adult Musicians

Olja Jovanović, Ana Altaras Dimitrijević, Dejana Mutavdžin, and Blanka Bogunović

14. The Personality of Music Students with Diverse Vocal and Instrumental Skills

Ana Butković

15. Theoretical and Practical Challenges in Dealing with Music Performance Anxiety

Katarina Habe and Michele Biasutti

16. How do European and Western Balkans Conservatoires Help Music Students with their Health and Well-being?

Raluca Matei and Jane Ginsborg

17. Conclusion: Progressing the State of the Art of Music Psychology

Renee Timmers, Blanka Bogunović, and Sanela Nikolić

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80511-219-8

1-80511-220-1

OCLC:

1442806047