Music and Joy: Lessons on the Good Life

by Daniel K. L. Chua

From Confucius to Saint Augustine and Beethoven to the blues, a rediscovery of the joy that is music

In this revelatory book, Daniel K. L. Chua asks a simple question: Is music joy? For Chua, the answer is a resounding yes--music is a lesson in joy that teaches us how to live well. But to hear this ancient knowledge, he says, we have to attend to a music that is so much greater than our greatest hits. Drawing on extensive sources, from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300264216
• ISBN13: 9780300264210
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages