Music in Our Lives: Why We Listen, How It Works

by Jonathan L. Friedmann

Music research has entered something of a Golden Age. Technological advances and scholarly inquiry have merged in interdisciplinary studies--drawing on psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, anthropology and other fields--that illuminate the musical nature of our species. This volume develops, supports and challenges that body of research, examining key issues in the field, such as the difficulty of writing about music, the formation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786497599
• ISBN13: 9780786497591
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher