Effects of non-musical attributes and excerpt duration on ratings of high-level piano performances

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-54

  Wapnick, Joel ^a   Campbell, Louise ^a   Siddell Strebel, Jeanne ^b   Darrow, Alice Ann ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjudication; Attractiveness; Evaluation; Performance; Piano

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649129045     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864909013001002     Document Type: Article

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