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The Music Instinct
Philip Ball
其他書名
How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
出版Oxford University Press, 2010-09-02
主題Music / GeneralPsychology / Cognitive Psychology & CognitionMusic / Instruction & Study / Theory
ISBN01997800729780199780075
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eFdsJ0vheBMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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."