The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature - Couverture souple

Levitin, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845135172 ISBN 13 : 9781845135171

Editeur : Aurum, 2010

Synopsis

In his enthralling and revelatory This is Your Brain on Music Daniel Levitin unpicked the pathways of the brain to reveal how human beings have been hard-wired for music.
Now, in an astonishing blend of art and science, he unveils his revolutionary theory of ‘ Six Songs’ , and describes how music played a pivotal role in the creation of human culture and society.
Dividing the sum total of human musical achievement, from Beethoven to The Beatles, Busta Rhymes to Bach, into just six fundamental forms, Levitin illuminates, through songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love, how music has been instrumental in the evolution of language, thought and culture. And how, far from being a bit of a song and dance, music is at the core of what it means to be human.
A one-time record producer, now a leading neuroscientist, Levitin has composed a catchy and startlingly ambitious narrative that weaves together Darwin and Dionne Warwick, memoir and biology, anthropology and a jukebox of anecdote to create nothing less than the ‘ soundtrack of civilisation’ .
The World in Six Songs will change the way you listen to music for ever.

Daniel Levitin is the James McGill Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University. Before entering academia he worked as a session musician, sound engineer and record producer. He lives in Montreal, Canada.

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À propos de l?auteur

Daniel Levitin is the James McGill Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University. Before entering academia he worked as a session musician, sound engineer and record producer, and has fourteen gold and platinum records to his credit. He has played professionally with Mel Tormé, Blue Öyster Cult and David Byrne, and has worked on albums by artists including Stevie Wonder, Santana, Midnight Oil and The Carpenters. He has published extensively in scientific journals such as Science and Neuron and audio trade journals such as Grammy, Billboard and Audio, and is the author of the bestselling This Is Your Brain On Music, and The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aurum
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845135172
• ISBN 13: 9781845135171
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible