The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

by Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis (Author)

Music has been examined from multiple perspectives: as a product of human history, for example, or a product of human culture. But there is also a long tradition, intensified in recent decades, of thinking about music as a product of the human mind. Whether considering composition, performance, listening, or appreciation, the constraints and capabilities of the human mind play a formative role. The field that has emerged around this approach is known as the psychology of music.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Music Cognition Lab at the University of Arkansas and will serve as president of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition from 2019 to 2020. Her book On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind (2013) won the Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory and the Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation.