Musical Creativities in Practice explores the social and the cultural contexts in which
creativity in music occurs. It begins by considering what constitutes creativity-taking a cross …

Music is so ubiquitous that it can be easy to overlook the powerful influence it exerts in so
many areas of our lives-from birth, through childhood, to old age. The Social and Applied …

Musicology: the Key Concepts provides a vital reference guide for students of contemporary
musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of terms …

To what extent does playing a musical instrument contribute to an individual's construction of
knowledge? This paper aims to address this question by examining music performance from …

Until recently, ideas of creativity in music revolved around composers in garrets and the lone
genius. But the last decade has witnessed a sea change: musical creativity is now …

In modern societies, cultural change seems ceaseless. The flux of fashion is especially
obvious for popular music. While much has been written about the origin and evolution of …

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) to music stretches back many decades, and
presents numerous unique opportunities for a variety of uses, such as the recommendation …

We aim to develop a computationally feasible, cognitively-inspired, formal model of concept
invention, drawing on Fauconnier and Turner's theory of conceptual blending, and …

Many professional musicians would describe their careers as somewhat different to the
careers they imagined when they were students. This study sought to understand the …

Music in the Human Experience: An Introduction to Music Psychology, Second Edition, is
geared toward music students yet incorporates other disciplines to provide an explanation …