Music, the brain, and ecstasy : how music captures our imagination / Robert Jourdain.
Music, the brain, and ecstasy : how music captures our imagination / Robert Jourdain.
Music, the brain, and ecstasy : how music captures our imagination / Robert Jourdain.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W. Morrow, c1997.
Call Numbers
N781.11/7
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvii, 377 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. From sound... -- 2. ...to tone ... -- 3. ...to melody... -- 4. ...to harmony... -- 5. ...to rhythm... -- 6. ...to composition... -- 7. ...to performance... -- 8. ...to listening... -- 9. ...to understanding... -- 10. ...to ecstasy.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W. Morrow, c1997.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
"Along the way, a fascinating cast of characters brings Jourdain's narrative to vivid life: "idiots savants" who absorb whole pieces on a single hearing, composers who hallucinate entire compositions, a psychic who claimed to take dictation from long-dead composers, and victims of brain damage who can move only when they hear music. In each of thes...
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Full title
Music, the brain, and ecstasy : how music captures our imagination / Robert Jourdain.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-359) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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Call Numbers
N781.11/7
Record Identifier
74VvZal7zXqO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvZal7zXqO
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ISBN
0688142362
9780688142360
DDC
781.11
MMS ID
991004629859702626
