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Music in Our Lives

Why We Listen, How It Works

Jonathan L Friedmann author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:2nd Jan '15

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Music research has entered something of a Golden Age. Technological advances and scholarly inquiry have merged in interdisciplinary studies--drawing on psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, anthropology and other fields--that illuminate the musical nature of our species. This volume develops, supports and challenges that body of research, examining key issues in the field, such as the difficulty of writing about music, the formation of musical preferences, the emotional impact of musical sounds, the comparison of music and language, the impulse for making music and the connection between music and spirituality.

ISBN: 9780786497591

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm

Weight: 286g

204 pages