Music lessons from infants

The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Trehub, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Babies; Musical culture; Musical environment; Musicality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924109686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199298457.013.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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