The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It

by Philip Ball

Book Overview

From Bach fugues to Indonesian gamelan, from nursery rhymes to rock, music has cast its light into every corner of human culture. But why music excites such deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all, are questions that have until recently remained unanswered. Now in The Music Instinct, award-winning writer Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and still unknown--about how music works its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199896429
• ISBN13: 9780199896424
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.4"