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Why does music have such a powerful effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most intangible of all forms of art. Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this challenging book, he explores why this should be so.
Music is a succession of tones through time. How can a sequence of sounds both express emotion and evoke it in the listener? Drawing on a wide variety of opinions, Storr argues that the patterns of music make sense of our inner experience, giving both structure and coherence to our feelings and emotions.
Dr. Storr was a practicing psychiatrist for nearly forty years and is a distinguished thinker about the sources of creativity. He is deeply concerned with the psychology of the creative process and with the healing power of the arts. Here he explains how, in a culture which requires us in our daily working lives to separate rational thought from feelings, music reunites the mind and body, restoring our sense of personal wholeness.
It is because music possesses this capacity that many people, including the author, find it so life-enhancing that it justifies existence. Dr. Storr's investigation of music is also an exploration of the human psyche. That is why this book, like all his work, deepens our understanding of ourselves and the lives we lead.
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Music, Music and society, Philosophy and aesthetics, Physiological aspects, Physiological aspects of Music, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Music, Psychology, Social aspects, Social aspects of Music, Musikpsychologie, Aspect physiologique, Aspect social, Muziekpsychologie, Aspect psychologique, Philosophie et esthétique, Musique, Physiologie, Musik, Muziek, Music, psychological aspects, Music, physiological aspects, Music, philosophy and aestheticsShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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Music and the Mind
April 7, 1997, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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1992, Free Press, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International
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