Performers' experienced emotions in the construction of expressive musical performance: An exploratory investigation

Psychology of Music

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-219

  Van Zijl, Anemone G W ^a   Sloboda, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expressive performance; felt emotion; musical learning; perceived emotion; performing musicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954996140     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735610373563     Document Type: Article

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