Self and Desire: A Preliminary Exploration of Why Students Start and Continue with Music Learning

Research Studies in Music Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-37

  Davidson, Jane W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61049205190     PISSN: 1321103X     EISSN: 18345530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1321103X9901200104     Document Type: Review

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