Screen LibraryThe power of music：pioneering discoveries in the new science of song
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| Published: |
Walker & Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 263 p., [16] p. of plates: ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780802719966 (cloth) 0802719961 |
| Index Number: | J60 |
| CLC: | J60-05 |
| Call Number: | J60-05/M262 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index. The musical body and brain. Feel the sound ; Music plays the body ; The brain plays music ; Is music our genetic birthright? -- The musical self. Agony and ecstasy : how we listen ; Mind-bending notes : can music make us smarter? ; Music speaks ; Why music? -- The resonant world. Whale songs, elephant bands, and dancing birds ; The music of the spheres -- Music Rx. Pain, pills -- or music ; The next wave? ; Beyond the concert hall. This book is a pathbreaking exploration into how and why the human organism -- and the ebb and flow of the cosmos -- is moved by the undeniable effect of music. As Elena Mannes reveals in her eye-opening book, we are at a breakthrough moment in music research, for only recently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain the power of music and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary The Music Instinct: Science & Song follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to unveil the latest discover |