Why Music Moves Us

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

Av J. Bicknell

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Music has extraordinary power to move us, but how and why does it affect us? What is going on, emotionally, physically and cognitively when listeners have strong emotional responses to music? This is a highly readable, original and philosophically important book for anyone who has ever been moved by music.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-04-08
Mått140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor165
Upplaga2009
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230209893

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'Combining philosophy, psychology, and music history, Why Music Moves Us is a remarkable multidisciplinary achievement. Bicknell offers a fresh take on the emotional power of music by exploring a neglected but vital element of the Romantic aesthetic: the musical sublime'- Theodore Gracyk, author of Rhythm and Noise and Listening to Popular Music'For Bicknell, who fully understands music's ability to arouse and represent emotions, music is of moral benefit in educating them' - Times Literary Supplement'...a more collaborative approach to understanding music...' British Journal of Asthetics