Generative Processes in Music: The Psychology of Performance, Improvisation, and Composition (Oxford Science Publications)

This book draws together pioneering contributions to the study of the processes by which music is created. It redresses a balance in contemporary literature on the psychology of music which has, to date, concentrated mainly on receptive processes. The focus throughout is on empirical observation and the development of cognitive theory, with fascinating explorations of such topics as the generation of expression in musical performance, problems of synchrony in ensemble performance, improvisational skill in trained and untrained musicians, childrens' spontaneous notations for music, and formal constraints on compositional systems.Sloboda, John A. is the author of 'Generative Processes in Music: The Psychology of Performance, Improvisation, and Composition (Oxford Science Publications)', published 1988 under ISBN 9780198521549 and ISBN 0198521545.