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100	1		_aMannes, Elena.
245	1	4	_aThe power of music : _bpioneering discoveries in the new science of song / _cElena Mannes ; foreword by Aniruddh D. Patel.
250			_a1st U.S. edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bWalker & Co., _c2011.
300			_axix, 263 pages, [16] pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_t-- Table Of Contents: _tForeword _tAniruddh D. Patel _tIntroduction: Music Matters _tPart I: The Musical Body And Brain _tChapter 1 Feeling The Sound _tChapter 2 Music Plays The Body _tChapter 3 The Brain Plays Music _tChapter 4 Is Music Our Genetic Birthright? _tPart II: The Musical Self _tChapter 5 Agony And Ecstasy: How We Listen _tChapter 6 Mind-Bending Notes: Can Music Make Us Smarter? _tChapter 7 Music Speaks _tChapter 8 Why Music? _tPart III: The Resonant World _tChapter 9 Whale Songs, Elephant Bands, And Dancing Birds _tChapter 10 The Music Of The Spheres _tPart IV: Music RX _tChapter 11 Pain, Pills, or Music _tChapter 12 The Next Wave? _tChapter 13 Beyond The Concert Hall _tAcknowledgments _tNotes _tBibliography _tIndex
520			_aThis book is a pathbreaking exploration into how and why the human organism--and the ebb and flow of the cosmos--is moved by the undeniable effect of music. As Elena Mannes reveals in her eye-opening book, we are at a breakthrough moment in music research, for only recently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain the power of music and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary The Music Instinct: Science and Song follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to unveil the latest discoveries in the new science of music. 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, and does it provide some evolutionary advantage? Can music make people healthier? Might music contain organizing principles of harmonic vibration that underlie the cosmos itself? One remarkable recent study shows that infants' cries contain common musical intervals. Physics experiments show that sound waves can change the structure of a material; world-famous musician Bobby McFerrin believes musical sound vibrations physically penetrate our bodies, shifting molecules as they do. From neurologist Gottfried Schlaug and X-ray astronomer Andrew Fabian, who studies the actual music of the spheres, to opera star Deborah Voigt and the deaf Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who "hears" through her feet, Mannes takes us to the crossroads of science and culture. Perhaps most remarkably, she explores the power of music to heal. "We can imagine a day," she writes, "when doctors write prescriptions for music," knowing what precise combinations of notes and styles affect different parts of the body and mind. - Publisher.
650		0	_aMusic _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aMusic and science.
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