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Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
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Title: Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
Author: Philip Ball
ISBN: 9780199896424
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 464
Publisher Description: From Bach fugues to Indonesian gamelan, from nursery rhymes to rock, music has cast its light into every corner of human culture. But why music excites such deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all, are questions that have until recently remained unanswered. Now in <em>The Music Instinct</em>, award-winning writer Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and still unknown--about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. Deftly weaving together the latest findings in brain science with history, mathematics, and philosophy, <em>The Music Instinct</em> not only deepens our appreciation of the music we love, but shows that we would not be ourselves without it. <em>The Sunday Times</em> hailed it as "a wonderful account of why music matters," with Ball's "passion for music evident on every page."
Author: Philip Ball
ISBN: 9780199896424
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 464
Publisher Description: From Bach fugues to Indonesian gamelan, from nursery rhymes to rock, music has cast its light into every corner of human culture. But why music excites such deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all, are questions that have until recently remained unanswered. Now in <em>The Music Instinct</em>, award-winning writer Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and still unknown--about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. Deftly weaving together the latest findings in brain science with history, mathematics, and philosophy, <em>The Music Instinct</em> not only deepens our appreciation of the music we love, but shows that we would not be ourselves without it. <em>The Sunday Times</em> hailed it as "a wonderful account of why music matters," with Ball's "passion for music evident on every page."
