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Gênero/Forma: | Nonfiction |
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Tipo de Documento | Livro |
Todos os Autores / Contribuintes: |
Daniel J Levitin |
ISBN: | 9780452288522 0452288525 9781439559802 1439559805 0525949690 9780525949695 |
Número OCLC: | 148697082 |
Prêmios: | Winner of CINE Special Jury Prize for Arts and Culture. Winner of Quill Award. Winner of Rockie Award Nominee. Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Science/Technology) 2006 Short-listed for Quill Awards (Debut Author) 2007 |
Descrição: | x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Conteúdos: | Introduction: I love music and I love science -- why would I want to mix the two? -- What is music?: from pitch to timbre -- Foot tapping: discerning rhythm, loudness, and harmony -- Behind the curtain: music and the mind machine -- Anticipation: what we expect from Liszt (and Ludacris) -- You know my name, look up the number: how we categorize music -- After dessert, crick was still four seats away from me: music, emotion, and the reptilian brain -- What makes a musician?: expertise dissected -- My favorite things: why do we like the music we like? -- The music instinct: evolution's #1 hit -- Appendices. |
Responsabilidade: | Daniel J. Levitin. |
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"Endlessly stimulating, a marvelous overview, and one which only a deeply musical neuroscientist could give....An important book."-Oliver Sacks, M.D. "I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else - and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on, this book doesn't 'spoil' enjoyment-it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music."-David Byrne, founder of Talking Heads and author of How Music Works "Levitin is a deft and patient explainer of the basics for the non-scientist as well as the non-musician....By tracing music's deep ties to memory, Levitin helps quantify some of music's magic without breaking its spell."-Los Angeles Times Book Review"Why human beings make and enjoy music is, in Levitin's telling, a delicious story."-Salon.com"Dr. Levitin is an unusually deft interpreter full of striking scientific trivia."-The New York Times"Every musician, at whatever level of skill, should read this book."-Howie Klein, former president, Sire and Reprise/Warner Brothers Records"Levitin's lucid explanation of why music is important to us is essential reading for creative musicians and scholars. I've been waiting for years for a book like this."-Jon Appleton, composer and professor of Music, Dartmouth College and Stanford University, inventor of the Synclavier synthesizer Ler mais...
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Assunto(s):(10)
- Music -- Psychological aspects.
- Auditory perception.
- Music -- psychology
- Auditory Perception
- Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
- Musique -- Aspect psychologique.
- Perception auditive.
- MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
- SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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