Why does music affect us so profoundly? The songs we love do far more than bring back happy memories. They impact the way we think, talk, feel, behave, and even spend money. With his conversational style, humor, and endless knowledge,...
Music appreciation
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Auteur:Powell, JohnSommaire: - Auteur:Ogas, Ogi.Sommaire:
A legendary record producer-turned-brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music. This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But...
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Auteur:Fawkes, RichardSommaire:From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and composers. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music and other terms are explained with 150 accompanying music...
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Auteur:Siblin, EricSommaire:One autumn evening, shortly after ending a ten-year stint as a pop-music columnist for the Montreal Gazette, Eric Siblin attended a concert at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music. There, something unlikely happened: he fell in love...
- Auteur:Krehbiel, Henry EdwardSommaire:
This book is "not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art". It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues - and when to believe the critics.
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Auteur:Plotkin, FredSommaire:Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introducing listeners to more than one hundred great works and profiling significant composers.
