Includes bibliographical references and index.

How do people communicate using music? / David J. Hargreaves, Raymond Macdonald, and Dorothy Miell -- Music and meaning, ambiguity, and evolution / Ian Cross -- Music and conversation / R. Keith Sawyer -- Cognition, representation and communication. Music cognition : defining constraints on musical communication / Annabel J. Cohen ; From mimesis to catharsis : expression, perception, and induction of emotion in music / Patrik N. Juslin ; Representation, cognition, and musical communication : invented notation in children's musical communication / Margaret Barrett ; How the conventions of music notation shape musical perception and performance / Jeanne Bamberger -- Embodied communication. Rhythm, human temporality, and brain function / Michael H. Thaut ; Musical companionship, musical community. Music therapy and the process and value of musical communication / Gary Ansdell and Mercédès Pavilcevic ; Bodily communication in musical performance / Jane Davidson ; Singing as communication / Graham F. Welch -- Communication in learning and education. Musical communication and children's communities of musical practice / Margaret Barrett ; Musical communication between adults and young children / Susan Young ; Pedagogical communication in the music classroom / Charles Byrne -- Cultural contexts of communication. Talking about music : a vehicle for identity development / Raymond Macdonald, Dorothy Miell, and Graeme Wilson ; Hippies vs hip-hop-heads : an exploration of music's ability to communicate an alternative political agenda from the perspective of two divergent musical genres / Janis Mcnair and John Powles ; Communication in Indian raga performance / Martin Clayton ; The role of music communication in cinema / Scott D. Lipscomb and David E. Tolchinsky ; Musical communication in commercial contexts / Adrian C. North and David J. Hargreaves.