Music and Emotion: Theory and Research

A new book in the acclaimed 'Series in Affective Science'.
The first multi-author book to tackle the complex relationship between music and emotion.
Edited by a leading authority in music psychology.
Emotion is a major growth area in psychology.

The position of emotion in music has been a subject of considerable interest and debate. However emotional aspects of music have received surprising little attention in the 45 years since the publication of Leonard Meyer's classic work 'Emotion and meaning in music.' During that time, both 'music psychology' and 'emotion' have developed as lively areas of research, and the time is fitting therefore to try and bring together this multidisciplinary interest and take stock of what we now know about this important relationship. A new volume in the Series in Affective Science, Music and Emotion; Theory and Research brings together leading researchers interested in both these topics to present the first integrative review of this subject. The first section reflects the various interdisciplinary perspectives, taking on board views from philosophy, psychology, musicology, biology, anthropology, and sociology. The second section addresses the role of our emotions in the composition of music, the ways that emotions can be communicated via musical structures, the use of music to express emotions within the cinema. The third section looks at the emotions of the performer - how do they communicate emotion, how does their emotional state affect their own performance. The final section looks at the ways in which our emotions are guided and influenced while listening to music, whether actively or passively. Music and Emotion is a timely book, one that will interest psychologists, musicologists, music educators, and philosophers.

Readership: Psychologists, musicologists, music educators, philosophers

CONTENIDO

Introduction
1 Music and emotion: introduction: Patrik N. Juslin and John A. Sloboda
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
2 Philosophical perspectives on music's expressiveness: Stephen Davies
3 Musicological approaches to emotion: Nicholas Cook and Nicola Dibben
4 Psychological perspectives on music and emotion: John A. Sloboda and Patrik N. Juslin
5 Listen to the brain: a biological perspective on musical emotions: Isabelle Peretz
6 Anthropological perspectives on music and emotion: Judith Becker
7 Aesthetic agency and musical practice: new directions in the sociology of music and emotion: Tia DeNora
8 Music and emotion: perspectives from music therapy: Leslie Bunt and Mercedes Pavlicevic
The Composer
9 Emotion and composition in classical music: historiometric perspectives: Dean Keith Simonton
10 The influence of musical structure on emotional expression: Alf Gabrielsson and Erik Lindstrom
11 Music as a source of emotion in film: Annabel J. Cohen
The Performer
12 The subjective world of the performer: Roland S. Persson
13 Negative emotions in music making: the problem of performance anxiety: Andrew Steptoe
14 Communicating emotion in music performance: a review and a theoretical framework: Patrik N. Juslin
The Listener
15 Music and emotion: distinctions and uncertainties: Leonard B. Meyer
17 Continuous measurement of self-report emotional response to music: Emery Schubert
19 Emotions in strong experiences with music: Alf Gabrielsson
Postlude
20 Music and emotion: commentary: John A. Sloboda and Patrik N. Juslin