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I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine

By Daniel J. Levitin
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Feeling blue? Feeling dreamy? Feeling full of love or broken-hearted? There's a piece of music for every mood. Wondering how something as deeply emotional and intimate as music connects head and heart to heal what ails us? This elegant study from an acclaimed neurosurgeon is the place to start.

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One of Smithsonian's 10 Best Science Books of the Year


"No one else in the universe could have written this book." -Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist


Neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals the deep connections between music and healing.

Music is one of humanity's oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed the...

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