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Music cognition in early infancy: infants’ preferences and long-term memory for Ravel

Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil, beatrizilari{at}yahoo.ca

Linda Polka

McGill University, Montreal, Canada, linda.polka{at}mcgill.ca

Listening preferences for two pieces, Prelude and Forlane from Le tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), were assessed in two experiments conducted with 8-month-old infants, using the Headturn Preference Procedure (HPP). Experiment 1 showed that infants, who have never heard the pieces, could clearly make a distinction between the Prelude and Forlane when the latter are played in multiple (i.e. orchestral) but not single (i.e. piano) timbres. In Experiment 2 infants were exposed repeatedly to one of the two piano pieces over a 10-day period. Concurrent with previous studies, results suggested that babies can recognize a familiar piece after a 2-week delay. Implications for early childhood music education are outlined at the end of the article.

Key Words: babies • early childhood • education • musical development • perception

International Journal of Music Education, Vol. 24, No. 1, 7-20 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0255761406063100


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