The Power of Music: Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song

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Overview

The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary "The Music Instinct: Science & Song," explores the power of music and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. Only recently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain this impact. One remarkable recent study, analyzing the cries of newborns, shows that infants' cries contain common musical intervals, and children tease each other in specific, singsong ways no matter where in the world they live. Physics experiments show that sound waves can physically change the structure of a material; musician and world-famous conductor Daniel Barenboim believes musical sound vibrations physically penetrate our bodies, shifting molecules as they do. The Power of Music follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture, to discover: how much of our musicality is learned and how much is innate? Can examining the biological foundations of music help scientists unravel the intricate web of human cognition and brain function? Why is music virtually universal across cultures and time-does it provide some evolutionary advantage? Can music make people healthier? Might music contain organzing principles of harmonic vibration that underlie the cosmos itself?

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Mannes's background as a documentary filmmaker and scion of one of the great American music families (relations include the Damrosch conductor/composers and the founders of the Mannes College of Music) has prepared her well for this investigation of how music affects people and other animals. Detailing a variety of scientific experiments, she shows the effects of sound frequencies and vibrations on body organs and brain waves; her study culminates in documentation supporting music therapy. Mannes's intercontinental explorations range from songbird studies to infants' melodic preferences to the origins of the universe (one topic on which her discussions seem rather far-fetched if fascinating). Interviews with influential musicians such as Bobby McFerrin help lighten an otherwise rather dense text. The useful bibliography cites sources almost exclusively from the past 15 years, bolstering Mannes's case that this is a timely concept. VERDICT This title will be welcomed by those who accept music as a positive force and by readers interested in current scientific trends. It fits well alongside recent books like Philip Ball's The Music Instinct and John Powell's How Music Works.—Barry Zaslow, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, OH

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780802719966
  • Publisher: Walker & Company
  • Publication date: 5/24/2011
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 186,319
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Elena Mannes has won six Emmys and many other national awards for her documentaries. She is a member of one of the first families of American music. Her grandparents founded the Mannes College of Music in New York City; her great uncle, Walter Damrosch, conducted the Metropolitan Opera and was the instigator for the building of Carnegie Hall.

Table of Contents

Foreword Aniruddh D. Patel ix

Introduction: Music Matters xiii

Part I The Musical Body and Brain

Chapter 1 Feeling the Sound 3

Chapter 2 Music Plays the Body 19

Chapter 3 The Brain Plays Music 27

Chapter 4 Is Music Our Genetic Birthright? 40

Part II The Musical Self

Chapter 5 Agony and Ecstasy: How We Listen 57

Chapter 6 Mind-Bending Notes: Can Music Make Us Smarter? 72

Chapter 7 Music Speaks 88

Chapter 8 Why Music? 99

Part III The Resonant World

Chapter 9 Whale Songs, Elephant Bands, and Dancing Birds 117

Chapter 10 The Music of the Spheres 144

Part IV Music RX

Chapter 11 Pain, Pills-or Music 167

Chapter 12 The Next Wave? 196

Chapter 13 Beyond the Concert Hall 211

Acknowledgments 221

Notes 223

Bibliography 243

Index 253

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