Why Music Moves Us

By Jeanette Bicknell

Book Overview

Music has extraordinary power to move us, but how and why does it affect us? What is going on, emotionally, physically and cognitively when listeners have strong emotional responses to music? This is a highly readable, original and philosophically important book for anyone who has ever been moved by music.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230209890
• ISBN13: 9780230209893
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"