000437592 000__ 03548cam\a2200313\a\4500 000437592 001__ 437592 000437592 005__ 20210513152707.0 000437592 008__ 101116s2011\\\\nyuaf\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000437592 010__ $$a 2010048255 000437592 020__ $$a9780802719966 000437592 020__ $$a0802719961 000437592 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn639161264 000437592 035__ $$a437592 000437592 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dSGB$$dVP@$$dBWX$$dOUP$$dLMR$$dIEP$$dZAD$$dCDX$$dMOF$$dBDX$$dCLU 000437592 049__ $$aISEA 000437592 05000 $$aML3830$$b.M19 2011 000437592 08200 $$a781/.11$$222 000437592 1001_ $$aMannes, Elena. 000437592 24514 $$aThe power of music :$$bpioneering discoveries in the new science of song /$$cElena Mannes ; foreword by Aniruddh D. Patel. 000437592 250__ $$a1st U.S. ed. 000437592 260__ $$aNew York :$$bWalker & Co.,$$c2011. 000437592 300__ $$axix, 263 p., [16] p. of plates :$$bill. (some col.) ;$$c22 cm. 000437592 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000437592 5050_ $$aThe musical body and brain. Feel the sound ; Music plays the body ; The brain plays music ; Is music our genetic birthright? -- The musical self. Agony and ecstasy : how we listen ; Mind-bending notes : can music make us smarter? ; Music speaks ; Why music? -- The resonant world. Whale songs, elephant bands, and dancing birds ; The music of the spheres -- Music Rx. Pain, pills -- or music ; The next wave? ; Beyond the concert hall. 000437592 520__ $$aThis book is a pathbreaking exploration into how and why the human organism -- and the ebb and flow of the cosmos -- is moved by the undeniable effect of music. As Elena Mannes reveals in her eye-opening book, we are at a breakthrough moment in music research, for only recently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain the power of music and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary The Music Instinct: Science & Song follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to unveil the latest discoveries in the new science of music. How much of our musicality is learned and how much is innate? Can examining the biological foundations of music help scientists unravel the intricate web of human cognition and brain function? Why is music virtually universal across cultures and time, and does it provide some evolutionary advantage? Can music make people healthier? Might music contain organizing principles of harmonic vibration that underlie the cosmos itself? One remarkable recent study shows that infants' cries contain common musical intervals. Physics experiments show that sound waves can change the structure of a material; world-famous musician Bobby McFerrin believes musical sound vibrations physically penetrate our bodies, shifting molecules as they do. From neurologist Gottfried Schlaug and X-ray astronomer Andrew Fabian, who studies the actual music of the spheres, to opera star Deborah Voigt and the deaf Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who "hears" through her feet, Mannes takes us to the crossroads of science and culture. Perhaps most remarkably, she explores the power of music to heal. "We can imagine a day," she writes, "when doctors write prescriptions for music," knowing what precise combinations of notes and styles affect different parts of the body and mind-- From publisher description. 000437592 650_0 $$aMusic$$xPsychological aspects. 000437592 650_0 $$aMusic and science. 000437592 85200 $$bgen$$hML3830$$i.M19$$i2011 000437592 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010048255-b.html 000437592 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010048255-d.html 000437592 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:437592$$pGLOBAL_SET 000437592 980__ $$aBIB 000437592 980__ $$aBOOK