On Hearing and Inspiration in the Composition of Music
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
- Vol. 44 (3) , 431-449
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21674086.1975.11926721
Abstract
The observation that composers experience inspiration as a source external to the self is considered, using reports of early and modern composers. This is related both to earlier psychoanalytic work on creative inspiration and to modern ego psychology. The postulation that an auditory sensory style in composers has early developmental roots and becomes their primary sensory mode is considered together with some possible determinants in its development.Keywords
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