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001 2010017795
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008 100428s2010 nyuag b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780199754274 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0199754276 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn606774443
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050 00 $aML3800$b.B2085 2010
082 00 $a781/.1$222
100 1 $aBall, Philip,$d1962-
245 14 $aThe music instinct :$bhow music works and why we can't do without it /$cPhilip Ball.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2010.
300 $avi, 452 p. :$bill., music ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [425]-442) and index.
505 00 $tPrelude : the harmonious universe : an introduction --$tOverture : why we sing : what is music and where does it comes from? --$tStaccato : the atoms of music : what are musical notes and how do we decide which to use? --$tAndante : what's in a tune? : do melodies follow rules, and if so, which? --$tLegato : keeping it together : How do we decode the sound? --$tTutti: all together now : how do we use more than one note at a time? --$tCon moto: slave to the rhythm : what gives music its pulse? --$tPizzicato : the colour of music : why do instruments sound different, and how does that affect the music? --$tMisterioso : all in the mind : which bits of the brain do we use for music? --$tAppassionato : light my fire : how does music convey and elicit emotion? --$tCapriccioso : going in and out of style : what are musical styles? : is music about notes, or patterns, or textures? --$tParlando : why music talks to us : is music a language? or is it closer to the non-verbal arts? --$tSerioso : the meaning of music : what are composers and musicians trying to say? : can music in itself say anything at all? --$tCoda : the condition of music.
520 $aThe Music Instinct Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and what is still unknown--about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. --from publisher description
650 0 $aMusic$xPhilosophy and aesthetics.
650 0 $aMusic and science.