Musical Identities - Softcover

 
9780198509325: Musical Identities

Synopsis

The first book to explore the powerful effect that music has on our personality, values, and sense of identity

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About the Author

Raymond MacDonald has been lecturing and researching in the psychology of music for a number of years, currently at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has also been Artistic Director for a music production company, Sounds of Progress, working with individuals with special needs, and is an experienced jazz saxophonist.

David Hargreaves is Professor of child Development at the University of Surrey Roehampton and Visiting Professor of Research in Music Education at the University of Gothenburg Sweden. His publications which have been translated into 13 languages, include 'Musical Development and Learning: The International Perspective'.

Dorothy Miell, Department of Psychology at the Open University has research interests in the study of close personal relationships, with recent work in two areas - the discursive analysis of accounts of identity development through relationships, and studies of the effects of relationshihp level and communication patterns on the nature of children's collaborative working, especially in creative tasks such as music making.

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