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Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song
Walker & Company
June 2011
On Sale: May 24, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 0802719961
EAN: 9780802719966
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary "The
Music Instinct: Science & Song," explores the power of music
and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of
nature. Only recently has science sought in earnest to
understand and explain this impact. One remarkable recent
study, analyzing the cries of newborns, shows that infants'
cries contain common musical intervals, and children tease
each other in specific, singsong ways no matter where in the
world they live. Physics experiments show that sound waves
can physically change the structure of a material; musician
and world-famous conductor Daniel Barenboim believes musical
sound vibrations physically penetrate our bodies, shifting
molecules as they do. The Power of Music follows visionary
researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of
science and culture, to discover: how much of our musicality
is learned and how much is innate? Can examining the
biological foundations of music help scientists unravel the
intricate web of human cognition and brain function? Why is
music virtually universal across cultures and time-does it
provide some evolutionary advantage? Can music make people
healthier? Might music contain organizing principles of
harmonic vibration that underlie the cosmos itself?
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