The Emotional Power of Music - Multidisciplinary perspectives on musical arousal, expression, and social control (Hardcover)

How can an abstract sequence of sounds so intensely express emotional states? How does music elicit or arouse our emotions? What happens at the physiological and neural level when we listen to music? How do composers and performers practically manage the expressive powers of music? How have societies sought to harness the powers of music for social or therapeutic purposes? In the past ten years, research into the topic of music and emotion has flourished. In addition, the relationship between the two has become of interest to a broad range of disciplines in both the sciences and humanities. The Emotional Power of Music is a multidisciplinary volume exploring the relationship between music and emotion. Bringing together contributions from psychologists, neuroscientists, musicologists, musicians, and philosophers, the volume presents both theoretical perspectives and in-depth explorations of particular musical works, as well as first-hand reports from music performers and composers. In the first section of the book, the authors consider the expression of emotion within music, through both performance and composing. The second section explores how music can stimulate the emotions, considering the psychological and neurological mechanisms that underlie music listening. The third section explores how different societes have sought to manage and manipulate the power of music. The book is valuable for those in the fields of music psychology and music education, as well as philosophy and musicology

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Series in Affective Science
Release date:	July 2013
Editors:	Tom Cochrane • Bernardino Fantini • Klaus R. Scherer
Dimensions:	236 x 169 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	392
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-965488-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-965488-3
Barcode:	9780199654888

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