Why Music Moves Us
- Author: Bicknell, Jeanette
For Bicknell, who fully understands music's ability to arouse and represent emotions, music is of moral benefit in educating them
Why Music Moves Us
- Author: Bicknell, Jeanette
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For Bicknell, who fully understands music's ability to arouse and represent emotions, music is of moral benefit in educating them
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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.
Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements The Tears if Odysseus History: Music Gives Voice to the Ineffable Tears, Chills and Broken Bones The Music Itself Explaining Strong Responses to Music (I) Explaining Strong Responses to Music (II) The Sublime Revisited
- Conclusion Values
- References
- Index
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For Bicknell, who fully understands music's ability to arouse and represent emotions, music is of moral benefit in educating them
