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Samama, Leo

 
9789089649799: The Meaning of Music
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9089649794 ISBN 13 : 9789089649799
Editeur : Amsterdam University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Nederlandse editie: 978 90 8964 570 8

For virtually all of our lives, we are surrounded by music. From lullabies to radio to the praises sung in houses of worship, we encounter music at home and in the street, during work and in our leisure time, and not infrequently at birth and death. But what is music, and what does it mean to humans? How do we process it, and how do we create it?

Musician Leo Samama discusses these and many other questions while shaping a vibrant picture of music's importance in human lives both past and present. What is remarkable is that music is recognised almost universally as a type of language that we can use to wordlessly communicate. We can hardly shut ourselves off from music, and considering its primal role in our lives, it comes as no surprise that few would ever want to. Able to transverse borders and appeal to the most disparate of individuals, music is both a tool and a gift, and as Samama shows, a unifying thread running throughout the cultural history of mankind.

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À propos de l'auteur

Leo Samama has taught at the Utrecht Conservatory and Utrecht University and has also worked as a programmer with organizations such as the Dutch National Broadcasting Company.

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Nederlandse editie: 978 90 8964 570 8

For virtually all of our lives, we are surrounded by music. From lullabies to radio to the praises sung in houses of worship, we encounter music at home and in the street, during work and in our leisure time, and not infrequently at birth and death. But what is music, and what does it mean to humans? How do we process it, and how do we create it?

Musician Leo Samama discusses these and many other questions while shaping a vibrant picture of music's importance in human lives both past and present. What is remarkable is that music is recognised almost universally as a type of language that we can use to wordlessly communicate. We can hardly shut ourselves off from music, and considering its primal role in our lives, it comes as no surprise that few would ever want to. Able to transverse borders and appeal to the most disparate of individuals, music is both a tool and a gift, and as Samama shows, a unifying thread running throughout the cultural history of mankind.

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Éditeur
Amsterdam University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9089649794
ISBN 13 
9789089649799
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
242
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Personne responsable
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