Music and empathy / / edited by Elaine King and Caroline Waddington.

• Superior document: SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
• TeilnehmendeR: King, Elaine, 1974-; Waddington, Caroline.
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 pages) :; illustrations, charts.
• Notes: "An Ashgate Book"--Cover.

In recent years, empathy has received considerable research attention as a means of understanding a range of psychological phenomena, and it is fast drawing attention within the fields of music psychology and music education. This volume seeks to promote and stimulate further research in music and empathy, with contributions from many of the leading scholars in the fields of music psychology, neuroscience, music philosophy and education. It exposes current developmental, cognitive, social and philosophical perspectives on research in music and empathy, and considers the notion in relation to our engagement with different types of music and media. Following a Prologue, the volume presents twelve chapters organised into two main areas of enquiry. The first section, entitled 'Empathy and Musical Engagement', explores empathy in music education and therapy settings, and provides social, cognitive and philosophical perspectives about empathy in relation to our interaction with music. The second section, entitled 'Empathy in Performing Together', provides insights into the role of empathy across non-Western, classical, jazz and popular performance domains. This book will be of interest to music educators, musicologists, performers and practitioners, as well as scholars from other disciplines with an interest in empathy research -- Publisher description

Table of Contents

Introduction / Elaine King and Caroline Waddington -- Prologue: revisiting the problem of empathy -- Part I. Empathy and musical engagement. Towards a developemental model of musical empathy using insights from children who are on the autism spectrum or who have learning difficulties / Adam Ockelford ; Synchronisation -- a musical substrate for positive social interaction and empathy / Tal-Chen Rabinowitch ; Music: the language of empathy / Istvan Molnar-Szakacs ; The social side of music listening : empathy and contagion in music-induced emotions / Andrei C. Miu and Jonna K. Vuoskoski ; Audience responses in the light of perception-action theories of empathy / Clemens Wöllner ; Viewing empathy in jazz performance / Peter Elsdon -- Part II. Empathy in performing together. Otherwise than participation: unity and alterity in musical encounters / Matthew Rahaim ; In dub conference : empathy, groove and technology in Jamaican popular music / Rowan Oliver ; Empathy of the musical brain in musicians playing in ensemble / Claudio Babiloni, Claudio Del Percio, Ivo Bruni and Daniela Perani ; When it clicks: co-performer empathy in ensemble playing / Caroline Waddington ; Developing trust in others: or, how empathise like performer / Anthony Gritten ; The empathic nature of piano accompanist / Elaine King and Evgenia Roussou.