The music instinct: how music works and why we can't do without it

✍ Scribed by Ball, Philip

Publisher: Oxford University Press;Vintage Books
Year: 2011;2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 452
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Prelude : The harmonious universe -- Overture : Why we sing -- Staccato : The atoms of music -- Andante : What's in a tune? -- Legato : Keeping it together -- Tutti : All together now -- Con moto : Slave to the rhythm -- Pizzicato : The colour of music -- Misterioso : All in the mind -- Appassionatio : Light my fire -- Capriccioso : Going in and out of style -- Parlando : Why music talks to us -- Serioso : The meaning of music -- Coda : The condition of music.;"In 'The Music Instinct' Philip Ball provides a comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known and what is still unknown about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity."

✦ Table of Contents

✦ Subjects

Musique--Appréciation;Musique--Aspect psychologique;Musique--Aspect social;Musique et sciences;Musique--Histoire et critique;Musique--Philosophie et esthétique;;Music--History and criticism;Music--Philosophy and aesthetics;Music--Psychological aspects;Music--Social aspects;Music;Music appreciation;Criticism, interpretation, etc;Music -- Psychological aspects;Music -- Social aspects;Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics;Music -- History and criticism;Musique -- Aspect psychologique;Musique -- Aspect

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