Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Reception and Aesthetics of Western Classical Music Performance -- 1.Philosophical Reflections on Expressive Music Performance / Mine Dogantan-Dack -- 2.The Notion of Expression in Music Criticism / Elena Alessandri -- 3.Heuristics for Expressive Performance / Helen M. Prior -- 4.Commercial Sound Recordings and Trends in Expressive Music Performance: Why Should Experimental Researchers Pay Attention? / Dorottya Fabian -- 5.Expressiveness in Historical Perspective: Nineteenth-Century Ideals and Practices / Neal Peres Da Costa -- 6.Expressive Performance in Contemporary Concert Music / Mark Doffman -- pt. 2 Expressiveness across Styles and Cultures -- 7.Understanding Performance Expression in Popular Music Recordings / Nicola Dibben -- 8.Expressiveness in Jazz Performance: Prosody and Rhythm / William R. Bauer -- 9.Expressiveness in Funk / Richard Ashley --

Contents note continued: 10.Audience Response and Expressive Pitch Inflections in a Live Recording of Legendary Singer Kesar Bai Kerkar / Wim van der Meer -- 11.Temporal Variation in Singing as Interplay between Speech and Music in Estonian Songs / Jaan Ross -- 12.Expressiveness in the Performance of Bedzan Pygmies' Vocal Polyphonies: When the Same is Never the Same / Fabrice Marandola -- pt. 3 Models and Quantifications of Expressive Performance of Western Classical Music -- 13.Quantitative Methods: Motion Analysis, Audio Analysis, and Continuous Response Techniques / Emery Schubert -- 14.Using Computational Models of Music Performance to Model Stylistic Variations / Erica Bisesi -- 15.Ensemble Performance: Interpersonal Alignment of Musical Expression / Peter Keller -- 16.A Taxonomy of Listeners' Judgements of Expressiveness in Music Performance / Dorottya Fabian --

Contents note continued: 17.Training Expressive Performance by Means of Visual Feedback: Existing and Potential Applications of Performance Measurement Techniques / Makiko Sadakata -- pt. 4 Prospectives -- 18.Implications for Music Studies / Nicholas Cook -- 19.Implications for Cognitive Studies of Musical Expressiveness / Catherine J. Stevens -- 20.Implications for Ethnomusicology / Jonathan P. J. Stock -- 21.Implications for Empirical Expressive Music Performance Research / Jane W. Davidson -- 22.Implications for Education / Aaron Williamon.