Bodily movement and facial actions in expressive musical performance by solo and duo instrumentalists: Two distinctive case studies

Psychology of Music

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 595-633

  Davidson, Jane W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

body; expression; facial; gesture; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865240069     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735612449896     Document Type: Article

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