The World in Six Songs

How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature

By Levitin, Daniel J.

Publishers Summary:
Abridged CDs • 5 CDs, 6 hours Daniel Levitin follows up his acclaimed New York Times–bestselling first book, This Is Your Brain on Music, with The World in Six Songs, an audacious look at how the brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms and gave rise to human culture.

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978-0-14314-337-6
Publisher
Penguin Audio


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Reviewed on October 1, 2008

In this follow-up to his New York Times best-selling This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, Levitin argues that every song ever written can fall within six categories and that music "is a core element of our identity as a species, an activity that paved the way for more complex behaviors." While he includes a wide variety...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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