The Improvising Mind: Cognition and Creativity in the Musical Moment

The Improvising Mind: Cognition and Creativity in the Musical Moment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-240

  Berkowitz, Aaron ^a  

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Author keywords

Classical period improvisation; Creativity; Historical treatises; Improvisation; Music and language cognition; Music cognition; Music learning; Music pedagogy; Psychology of creativity; Robert levin

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EID: 79956289474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199590957.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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