Musical Gestures: Sound, Movement, and Meaning

ISBN 10: 0415998867 / ISBN 13: 9780415998864

Published by Routledge, 2009

About this Item

A collection of essays that explores the relationship between sound and movement. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the fundamental issues of this subject, drawing on ideas, theories and methods from disciplines such as musicology, music perception, human movement science, cognitive psychology, and computer science. Editor(s): Godoy, Rolf Inge; Leman, Marc. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 black & white tables, 44 black & white halftones, 62 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 566. . 2009. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Musical Gestures: Sound, Movement, and Meaning
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415998867
• ISBN 13: 9780415998864
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

We experience and understand the world, including music, through body movement–when we hear something, we are able to make sense of it by relating it to our body movements, or form an image in our minds of body movements. Musical Gestures is a collection of essays that explore the relationship between sound and movement. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the fundamental issues of this subject, drawing on ideas, theories and methods from disciplines such as musicology, music perception, human movement science, cognitive psychology, and computer science.

About the Author

Rolf Inge Godøy is professor of musicology at the University of Oslo in Norway.

Marc Leman is research professor of systematic musicology at Ghent University in Belgium.