The music between us
Subtitle: is music a universal language?
By: Kathleen Marie Higgins
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780226333281
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Music; Music and language; Philosophy and aesthetics; Social aspects; Communication in music; Intercultural communication in the performing arts
Description: From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In this book philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role examining the features of human perception that enable music's uncanny ability to provoke.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Other people's music; title: Musical animals; title: What's involved in sounding human?; title: Cross-cultural understanding; title: The music of language; title: Musical synesthesia; title: A song in your heart; title: Comfort and joy; title: Beyond ethnocentrism.