Music Instinct
How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
Seiten
2010
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-975427-4 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-975427-4 (ISBN)
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 The Music Instinct, 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, The Music Instinct not only deepens our appreciation of the music we love, but shows that we would not be ourselves without it. The Sunday Times hailed it as "a wonderful account of why music matters," with Ball's "passion for music evident on every page."
Philip Ball is a freelance writer and the author of numerous books, including Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books.
Zusatzinfo | Illustrations; Printed music items; Figures |
---|---|
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 168 x 242 mm |
Gewicht | 803 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-975427-6 / 0199754276 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-975427-4 / 9780199754274 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
Grundbegriffe, Harmonik, Formen, Instrumente
Buch | Softcover (2021)
Philipp Reclam (Verlag)
7,80 €
Jazz als Gegenkultur im westlichen Nachkriegsdeutschland
Buch | Hardcover (2024)
edition text + kritik (Verlag)
42,00 €
Professional Music, Musikarbeitsbuch
Buch | Softcover (2022)
Leu-Vlg Wolfgang Leupelt (Verlag)
34,00 €