ABSTRACT

This is Volume XV of twenty-one in the Cognitive Psychology series. Published in 1925, this study looks at the view of musical art, in an extraordinarily gifted child, whom the author studied with the aid of the methods at his disposal, endeavouring to discover the extent of his mental capacity and, in connection with this, to establish what influences determined the development of his musical talent.

chapter 1|4 pages

Introductory

chapter 2|6 pages

Life of Erwin Nyiregyházi

chapter 4|9 pages

On the General Aspect of Musical Talent

chapter 8|19 pages

Erwin's Musical Memory

chapter 9|6 pages

Erwin as a Pianist

chapter 10|11 pages

Improvizing and Modulating

chapter 11|30 pages

Compositions