Music Education & Teaching, Musician's Issues, Music - Psychological Aspects
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Overview
In The Mind behind the Musical Ear, Jeanne Bamberger focuses on the earliest stages in the development of musical cognition. Beginning with children's invention of original rhythm notations, she follows eight-year-old Jeff as he reconstructs and invents descriptions of simple melodies. In a running commentary on Jeff's discoveries and a series of dialogues between herself and two imaginary college students who take different approaches to music, Bamberger reflects on the thinking strategies that guide Jeff at various moments in his musical development.
Editorials
Booknews
Beginning with children's invention of original rhythm notations, Bamberger (music, MIT) follows eight-year old Jess as he reconstructs and invents descriptions of simple melodies such as Little Star. series of dialogues between herself and two imaginary college students who take different approaches to music, Bamberger reflects on the thinking strategies that guide Jeff at various moments in his musical development. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Music Teacher
[This book] will undoubtedly become required reading for all those concerned with, or undergoing, training in music education.— Andrew Peggie
Times Educational Supplement
Makes intriguing reading for anyone who has puzzled over the mechanism by which young children learn tunes.— Gerald Haigh
Book Details
Published
November 4, 1991
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.
Pages
304
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780674576070