Music, Nostalgia and Memory: Historical and Psychological Perspectives

by Sandra Garrido and Jane W. Davidson

Book Overview

How are our personal soundtracks of life devised? What makes some pieces of music more meaningful to us than others? This book explores the role of memory, both personal and cultural, in imbuing music with the power to move us. Focusing on the relationship between music and key life moments from birth to death, the text takes a cross-disciplinary approach, combining perspectives from a 'history of emotions' with modern day psychology, empirical surveys...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030025551
• ISBN13: 9783030025557
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"