Handbook of Music and Emotion

by Patrik N. Juslin and John Sloboda

Book Overview

Music's ability to express and arouse emotions is a mystery that has fascinated both experts and laymen at least since ancient Greece. The predecessor to this book, Motion and Emotion (OUP, 2001) was critically and commercially successful and stimulated much further work in this area. In the years since the publication of that book, empirical research in this area has blossomed, and the successor to Music and Emotion reflects the considerable activity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199230145
• ISBN13: 9780199230143
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 992 Pages
• Weight: 3.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 9.8" x 7.1"