Effects of Applause Magnitude and Musical Style on Listeners' Evaluations of Choral Performances

Autor/inn/en	Springer, D. Gregory; Schlegel, Amanda L.; Nápoles, Jessica
Titel	Effects of Applause Magnitude and Musical Style on Listeners' Evaluations of Choral Performances
Quelle	In: International Journal of Music Education, 36 (2018) 3, S.418-429 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0255-7614
DOI	10.1177/0255761418771985
Schlagwörter	Audience Response; Listening; Music Appreciation; Music Activities; Singing; College Students; Majors (Students); Nonmajors; Evaluation; Social Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zuschauerverhalten; Hörvorgang; Zuhören; Musikbeurteilung; Musikalische Aktion; Gesang; Collegestudent; Evaluierung; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	Applause, an overt expression of approval from audience to performer, is one of the most common forms of audience response to live musical performances. In this study, we examined the effects of applause magnitude (high, low, or no applause) and musical style (motet or spiritual) on listeners' ratings of choral performances. A secondary area of interest was the degree to which these effects might differ between music majors and non-music majors. University singers (N = 117) listened to six excerpts recorded by a university choral ensemble and rated the performance quality of each excerpt. Across these recordings, they heard three identical recordings of a motet and three identical recordings of a spiritual with unique applause conditions attached. Listeners' ratings were influenced by the magnitude of audience applause to a limited degree, but this effect interacted with musical style and presentation order. We observed no differences between the ratings of music and non-music majors, however. Results are interpreted in light of previous research on majority effects, and implications of these results regarding performance evaluation and concert programming are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01