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Perception and Cognition of Music: The Sorbonne Lectures presents revised and updated materials delivered in four distinguished lectures at the Universite Paris-Sorbonne and the Universite de Montreal, originally published in French.

The book bridges the fields of music psychology, music theory, and music analysis by way of a consideration of…

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McAdams in a uniquely catalytic and honored figure who has established, through numerous collaborative and ground-breaking experiments, the ways in which creative innovation in music can be optimized.

His leadership of institutions, including Ircam in Paris and CRMMT in Montréal, has impacted in enabling ways hundreds of musicians and scientists.

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