Music, movement and marimba: An investigation of the role of movement and gesture in communicating musical expression to an audience

Psychology of Music

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-153

  Broughton, Mary ^a   Stevens, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audience expertise; Audio visual perception; Expressive intention; Expressive movement; Music performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349148522     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735608094511     Document Type: Article

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