Rudolf E. Radocy is the recipient of the MENC 1998 Senior Researcher Award. The following speech was presented on April 16, 1998, at a special session of the Society for Research in Music Education at MENC's National Biennial In-Service Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona.
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