The Musical Experience proposes a new concept - musical experience - as the most effective framework for navigating the shifting terrain of educational policy a

One of America's foremost contemporary composers, professor of music at the University of California, Roger Sessions here discusses the musical experience of th

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This book explores the various ways music affects people and how they create meaning from everyday musical experiences, from infancy through old age. These expe