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The Emotional Power of Music: Multidisciplinary perspectives on musical arousal, expression, and social control
Tom; Fanti Cochrane
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Description for The Emotional Power of Music: Multidisciplinary perspectives on musical arousal, expression, and social control
Hardback. How can an abstract sequence of sounds so intensely express emotional states? In the past ten years, research into the topic of music and emotion has flourished. This book explores the relationship between music and emotion, bringing together contributions from psychologists, neuroscientists, musicologists, musicians, and philosophers Editor(s): Cochrane, Tom; Fantini, Bernardino; Scherer, Klaus R. Translator(s): Jafflin, Kristen. Series: Series in Affective Science. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: AVA; HPM; JMQ; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 858.
How can an abstract sequence of sounds so intensely express emotional states? How does music elicit or arouse our emotions? What happens at the physiological and neural level when we listen to music? How do composers and performers practically manage the expressive powers of music? How have societies sought to harness the powers of music for social or therapeutic purposes? In the past ten years, research into the topic of music and emotion has flourished. In addition, the relationship between the two has become of interest to a broad range of disciplines in both the sciences and humanities. ... Read more
How can an abstract sequence of sounds so intensely express emotional states? How does music elicit or arouse our emotions? What happens at the physiological and neural level when we listen to music? How do composers and performers practically manage the expressive powers of music? How have societies sought to harness the powers of music for social or therapeutic purposes? In the past ten years, research into the topic of music and emotion has flourished. In addition, the relationship between the two has become of interest to a broad range of disciplines in both the sciences and humanities. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
Series in Affective Science
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199654888
SKU
V9780199654888
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About Tom; Fanti Cochrane
Tom Cochrane is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Sheffield, where he teaches aesthetics, ethics and the philosophy of mind. He received his PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2007. From 2007 to 2010 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, researching emotions and the arts. He then spent two years at ... Read more
Reviews for The Emotional Power of Music: Multidisciplinary perspectives on musical arousal, expression, and social control
Psychologists, sociologists, musicologists, and philosophers will all gain insight and inspiration from this excellent collection of essays on the emotional power of music. Many of the arguments and analyses are suprising, intriguing, and enlightening. This text is an important addition to the study of emotion and music.
PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 59, No. 21
PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 59, No. 21