The utilitarian and hedonic outcomes of music information seeking in everyday life

This qualitative study focuses on what contributes to making a music information-seeking experience satisfying in the context of everyday life. Data were collected through in-depth interviews conducted with 15 younger adults (18 to 29 years old). The analysis revealed that satisfaction could depend on both hedonic (i.e., experiencing pleasure) and utilitarian outcomes. It was found that two types of utilitarian outcomes contributed to satisfaction: (1) the acquisition of music, and (2) the acquisition of information about music. Information about music was gathered to (1) enrich the listening experience, (2) increase one's music knowledge, and/or (3) optimize future acquisition. This study contributes to a better understanding of music information-seeking behavior in recreational contexts. It also has implications for music information retrieval systems design: results suggest that these systems should be engaging, include a wealth of extra-musical information, allow users to navigate among music items, and encourage serendipitous encountering of music.

Leslie R. Bassett School of Music, 1966 Pulitzer Prize Winner

In U of M electronic music studio

The power and influence of music considered from a psycho-physiological point of view /

Includes bibliographical references.

A few words about music : containing hints to amateur pianists, to which is added a slight historical sketch of the rise and progress of the art of music /

Includes bibliographical references.

The material used in musical composition; a system of harmony designed originally for use in the English harmony classes of the conservatory of music at Stuttgart,

"Based upon the method of Prof. Dr. Immanuel Faisst."--Pref.

Counterpoint applied in the invention, fugue, canon and other polyphonic forms; an exhaustive treatise on the structural and formal details of the polyphonic or contrapuntal forms of music, for the use of general and special students of music,

At head of title: Thirteenth issue.

Handbook of music history : questions and answers /

Includes index.

The care and treatment of music in a library,

Includes index.

The physics of music /

Mode of access: Internet.

Education in political science : an address ...delivered in the Academy of Music, Baltimore, on the third anniversary of the Johns Hopkins University, February 22, 1879 /

Mode of access: Internet.

A repository of music : containing elementary and advanced lessons selected from the works of able teachers.

Attributed to Henry C. Blinn. Cf. MacLean, J.P. Shaker lit.

The scientific basis of music /

Mode of access: Internet.

The Home circle; a collection of piano-forte music consisting of the most favorite marches, waltzes, polkas, redowas, schottisches, galops, mazurkas, quadrilles, dances, &c., being a repository of music for parlor and drawing-room recreations.

Mode of access: Internet.

[Collection of music arranged for violin and piano.]

Contains works by Beethoven, Appollinaire de Kontski, G. Scheller, H. Vieuxtemps, J.W. Kalliwoda, Mozart, F. von Suppé, F. Doppler, and L. Spohr.