TY - BOOK ID - 77938562 TI - The illiterate listener : on music cognition, musicality and methodology PY - 2011 SN - 1283259370 9786613259370 9048515084 9789048515080 9781283259378 9789048526987 9048526981 9790000000000 9789056296896 PB - Amsterdam : Vossiuspers UvA, DB - UniCat KW - Music KW - Cognition. KW - Musical ability. KW - Musical perception. KW - Auditory perception KW - Ability, Musical KW - Competence, Musical KW - Musical competence KW - Musical talent KW - Ability KW - Psychology KW - Music psychology KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Psychological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77938562 AB - Since infancy we humans have had a high perceptual sensitivity to both the melodic, rhythmic and dynamic aspects of speech and music. It is, as far as we know, a uniquely human talent for perceiving, interpreting and appreciating music, dating as far back before words were spoken, or even invented. Music has an intriguing way with our hearing, our memory, our emotions and our expectations. As a listener we are often unaware of the active role we play when determining what music is exciting, comforting or exciting. Consequently, listening is not happening in the outside world of sounding music, ER -