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A survey about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleeping, it seems indispensable to humanity. It explores how research in music psychology and brain science is piecing together the puzzle of how our minds understand and respond to music.
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- Arnold Schoenberg: Add a description of this character.
- Leonard Meyer
- Wagner
- Stravinsky
- Eduard Hanslick
- Beethoven
- Hermann Von Helmholtz
- David Huron
- Paul Hindemith
- J. S. Bach
- Pinker
- Heinrich Schenker
- Roger Scruton
- Fred Lerdahl
- Mozart
- Deryck Cooke
- Boulez
- Kepler
- Stockhausen
- Simonton
- Ligeti
- John Sloboda
- Shostakovich
- Charles Ives
- Aniruddh Patel
- Aaron Copland
- Jimi Hendrix
- Steve Reich
- Carol Krumhansl
- Babbitt
- Chopin
- Bob Dylan
- Messiaen
- Peter Kivy
- Burt Bacharach
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- Philip Ball (Author)
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