Research Note: Perceptions of More Complete Musical Compositions: An Exploratory Study

Provides the results of research which attempted to measure the ability of listeners to discern definite musical structure in the last movement from Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338 by Mozart, recorded by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner conducting. Comments on how some listeners reported their response to the music in imagistic terms while some commented on the narrative quality of the music and examines the different responses of experiences and inexperienced music listeners.