Analysis rooted in large-scale quantitative research Considers the complex ways in which personal and contextual variables interact to shape musical engagement Analyses historical and modern day music used in key life events, from births to weddings and funerals

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Sandra Garrido is a Research Fellow at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development at Western Sydney University, Australia. She has a background in both music and psychology and has authored over 70 academic publications including a book entitled Why Are We Attracted to Sad Music? (2017).

Jane Davidson is Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, Associate Dean Research, and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has published extensively and gained grants internationally in the fields of music and psychology.

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Chapter 1 - Introduction.-Chapter 2.- Longing for the Past and Music-Listening Preferences.-Chapter 3 - Desire for Family Connections: Family History and Cultural Context.-Chapter 4 - Personality, Gender and Education.-Chapter 5 - Setting the Mood: Throughout History and in the Modern Day.-Chapter 6 - Music Across the Lifespan.- Chapter 7 - Birth.-Chapter 8 - Childhood.-Chapter 9 - Coming of Age.-Chapter 10 - Love & Heartbreak.-Chapter 11 - Weddings.-Chapter 12 - Funerals and Mourning Rituals.-Chapter 13 - Towards a New Contextual Psychology of Music and Emotion.