Loyalty and longevity in audience listening: Investigating experiences of attendance at a chamber music festival

Music and Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-238

  Pitts, Stephanie E ^a   Spencer, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61449374846     PISSN: 00274224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ml/gcm084     Document Type: Article

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2. See Eric F. Clarke, Ways of Listening: An Ecological Approach to the Perception of Musical Meaning (New York, 2005)
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13. For an example of such non-obligatory friendships in action, see Michael Cheang, 'Older Adults' Frequent Visits to a Fast-Food Restaurant: Nonobligatory Social Interaction and the Significance of Play in a "Third Place"', Journal of Aging Studies, 16 (2002), 303-21
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