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Audio Recording The Mind of the Artist

The Mind of the Artist

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Michael Kubovy and Judith Shatin of the University of Virginia discuss their presentation “The Mind of an Artist.” Debate has long raged about whether and how music expresses meaning beyond its sounding notes. Kubovy and Shatin discuss evidence that music does indeed have a semantic element, and offer examples of how composers embody extra-musical elements in their compositions. Kubovy is a cognitive psychologist who studies visual and auditory perception, and Shatin is a composer who explores similar issues in her music.

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Title

  • The Mind of the Artist

Running Time

  • 26:29

Speakers

  • Michael Kubovy
  • Judith Shatin
  • Steve Mencher

Online Format

  • web page
  • pdf
  • audio

Podcast Series

  • Music and the Brain

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The Mind of the Artist. 2009. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/podcasts/2009-06-01/the-mind-of-the-artist/.

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(2009) The Mind of the Artist. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/podcasts/2009-06-01/the-mind-of-the-artist/.

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