MUSIC INSTINCT, THE. HOW MUSIC WORKS AND WHY WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT

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BALL (PHILIP) MUSIC INSTINCT, THE. HOW MUSIC WORKS AND WHY WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT   

\Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible guide to how music works and why it is indispensible to humanityhave all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? does music excite such rich emotion? do we make sense of musical sound? are questions that have, until recently, remained mysterious. Now The Music Instinct explores how the latest research in music psychology and brain science is piecing together the puzzle of how our minds understand and respond to music. Ranging from Bach fugues to nursery rhymes to heavy rock, Philip Ball interweaves philosophy, mathematics, history and neurology to reveal why music moves us in so many ways. Without requiring any specialist knowledge, The Music Instinct will both deepen your appreciation of the music you love, and open doors to music that once seemed alien, dull or daunting, offering a passionate plea for the importance of music in education and in everyday life.     VINTAGE (RANDOM HOUSE). 

Paperback | 464 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 34mm | 397g