Music and Emotion

Eerola, T.

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-55004-5_29

Music and Emotion

Eerola, T.

Authors

Professor Tuomas Eerola tuomas.eerola@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

Rolf Bader
Editor

Abstract

The rapid rise in emotion research in psychology has brought forth a rich palette of concepts and tools for studying emotions expressed and induced by music. This chapter summarizes the current state of music and emotion research, starting with the fundamental definitions and the assumed structures of emotions (Sect. 29.2). A synthesis of the core affects, basic emotions and complex emotions is offered to clarify this complex landscape. A vital development for the field has been the introduction of a set of mechanisms and modifiers for the induction of emotion via music that are here connected to the structures of emotions (Sects. 29.3 and 29.4). Particular attention is given to challenges that are still waiting to be resolved, such as the cultural context and the situal context of music listening (Sect. 29.5).

Citation

Eerola, T. (2018). Music and Emotion. In R. Bader (Ed.), Springer handbook of systematic musicology (539-554). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55004-5_29

Acceptance Date	Jul 18, 2016
Online Publication Date	Mar 11, 2018
Publication Date	Mar 11, 2018
Deposit Date	Jul 18, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Mar 11, 2020
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	539-554
Series Title	Springer handbooks
Book Title	Springer handbook of systematic musicology.
ISBN	9783662550021
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55004-5_29