These lively, informative essays, all related to music, are as
accessible as a chatty bedside reader. A central theme is listener
response, and the techniques and structures that mold it. The story
starts with sound waves, the ear, and the brain. Did song come
before speech? Was it a factor in evolution? Some think singing
helps complete the wiring of that organic work-in-progress, the
infant brain. Check out the frequency doubling that built our
familiar scale. Learn where the word 'organizing' came from. Follow
development of the instruments as they achieved volume, accurate
intonation, range, and consistent timbre. There is criticism, but
little disparagement. Any willing audience deserves respect.
Musical examples come from Tin Pan Alley as often as the opera.
Whether at a jazz club or the concert hall, the writer cannot hide
his impatience with artists seeking to educate or intimidate. Music
can be recreation or vocation. Does your instrument match your
personality or some physical attribute? We instantly distinguish a
bell, a piano, and a guitar; why not a clarinet, flute, or violin?
What does the conductor do? A Language of Emotion embraces such
matters. The relatively imprecise science of Psychology examines
music working its magic. We all have favorites. Is it hype and
marketing and peer influence, or do our choices make personal
statements? Music, politics, religion, and social forces are
twisted threads in the fabric of civilization. Nothing reflects the
spirit of an era better than the works of its most creative
individuals. In most cases, they blend smoothly in sequence.
Monteverdi, Beethoven, and Stravinsky, to name just three, clearly
got ahead of the curve and helped define the world around them.
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