The music instinct : how music works and why we can't do without it /
Philip Ball.
- London : Vintage, 2011.
- vi, 452 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prelude : the harmonious universe -- Overture : why we sing -- Staccato : the atoms of music -- Andante : what's in a tune? -- Legato : keeping it together -- Tutti : all together now -- Con moto : slave to the rhythm -- Pizzicato : the colour of music -- Misterioso : all in the mind -- Appassionato : light my fire -- Capriccioso : going in and out of style -- Parlando : why music talks to us -- Serioso : the meaning of music -- Coda : the condition of music.
9780099535447 (pbk.)
Music--Psychological aspects. Music--Social aspects. Music--Philosophy and aesthetics. Music--History and criticism. Music appreciation.