Power of Music Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song

Name: Power of Music Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song
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ISBN: 9780802778284

ISBN-10: 0802778283

ISBN-13: 9780802778284

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Authors: Elena Mannes

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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. 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.ThePower of Musicfollows visionary researchers and…

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List price: $18.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 1/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.704

Elena Manneshas 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