Can music really arouse emotions? If so, what emotions, and how?
Why do listeners respond with different emotions to the same piece
of music? Are emotions to music different from other emotions? Why
do we respond to fictional events in art as if they were real, even
though we know they're not? What is it that makes a performance of
music emotionally expressive? Based on ground-breaking research,
Musical Emotions Explained explores how music expresses and arouses
emotions, and how it becomes an object of aesthetic judgments.
Within the book, Juslin demonstrates how psychological mechanisms
from our ancient past engage with meanings in music at multiple
levels of the brain to evoke a broad variety of affective states -
from startle responses to profound aesthetic emotions. He also
explores why these mechanisms respond to music. Written by one of
the leading researchers in the field, the book is richly
illustrated with music examples from everyday life, and explains
with clarity and rigour the manifold ways in which music may engage
our emotions. Advance praise Musical Emotions Explained is a
magnificent publication that has been painstakingly researched to
illuminate the many, varied ways music can express and arouse
emotions. It provides the most authoritative single authored text
on the topic so far. As a highly readable and informative
publication, it superbly unlocks the secrets of musical affect for
experienced researchers through to lay readers alike. Gary E.
McPherson, Ormond Chair of Music and Director, Melbourne
Conservatorium of Music, Australia Anyone who wants to understand
more about the most essential quality of music - its ability to
move us - needs to read this book. Juslin's writing is gripping and
thoughtful as he takes us on a journey through the latest research
on this most interesting intersection between science and art.
Daniel J. Levitin, Author of This Is Your Brain on Music and The
World in Six Songs. Music Emotions Explained is a tour de force. In
this extraordinary book, written with passion and humor, Patrik
Juslin shares insights gleaned from decades of ground-breaking
research. Breadth and depth are nicely balanced as grand,
over-arching themes are richly supported by systematic and detailed
research findings. This book will serve as an inviting introduction
to students or interested laypersons but also as a touchstone to
which professionals will return frequently for guidance and
inspiration. Donald A. Hodges, Professor Emeritus, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, USA Patrik Juslin here deftly
synthesizes several decades of psychological research, much of it
his own, on how music both expresses emotion and moves us
emotionally, in the course of developing an empirically grounded,
evolutionarily based, philosophically informed theory of the
phenomenon in question, doing so with style and wit. Musical
Emotion Explained is wide ranging, engagingly written, full of
arresting claims, and studded with telling anecdotes. It is a book
that everyone who has ever marveled at the affective power of music
should read. Jerrold Levinson, Distinguished University Professor,
Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, USA Musical
Emotions Explained is essential reading that sets the new gold
standard resource for understanding the delicious pleasures of
music experience. Using lucid, witty and compelling arguments,
Patrik Juslin illustrates a set of core mechanisms that
collectively account for music-evoked emotions. Scholars, general
readers and musicians will be inspired by this landmark work, which
will stimulate research for decades to come. Bill Thompson,
Distinguished Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia It
goes without saying that Patrik Juslin is one of the world's top
experts on the science of musical emotion. What this book reveals
is that he is a hugely persuasive and accessible interlocutor. It
really feels as though one is in conversation with a friend who is
thinking issues and arguments through with the reader, step by
step. Of course all the important literature is covered, but this
is far from a dry literature review. Juslin's book should excite
and stimulate layreaders and professional colleagues alike to
deepen their understanding of what makes music emotional. John
Sloboda, Research Professor, Guildhall School of Music & Drama,
London, UK The best comprehensive and critically explanatory tome
to-date on one of the most fascinating and still poorly understood
topics in music research, written by the foremost international
expert on music and emotion. A treasure for decades to come.
Michael Thaut, Professor of Music, Neuroscience and Rehabilitation
Science, University of Toronto, Canada In Musical Emotions
Explained, Patrik Juslin probes and proffers many psychological and
philosophical concepts of musical emotions toward unpacking
numerous mysteries surrounding the arousal and expression of
musical affect. The results of his meticulous research have
profound implications for experiencing, creating, valuing, and
teaching music. Written with great care and passion, this brilliant
book is a must-read for anyone who takes a serious interest in the
nature and values of music in people's lives. David Elliott,
Professor of Music and Music Education, New York University, USA
Patrik Juslin has been at the forefront of research into music and
emotion for more than 20 years. Adding to what is already an
astonishing body of work, this hugely impressive monograph is the
culmination of that remarkable programme of research. Witten in an
accessible and engaging style, and covering a huge range of
perspectives, this is a book that will undoubtedly become a classic
in the psychology of music, an indispensable resource for
researchers in the field, and a fascinating read for those who may
be new to the topic. Eric Clarke FBA, Heather Professor of Music,
University of Oxford, UK
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