Music's ability to express and arouse emotions is a mystery that has fascinated both experts and laymen at least since ancient Greece. The predecessor to this b
This new volume in the Series in Affective Science is the first book in over 40 years to tackle the complex and powerful relationship between music and emotion.
Philosophy, Music and Emotion explores two issues which have been intensively debated in contemporary philosophy: the nature of music's power to express emotion
"Altogether it is a book that should be required reading for any student of music, be he composer, performer, or theorist. It clears the air of many confused no
Rethinking "trance" -- Deep listeners -- Habitus of listening -- Trancing selves -- Being-in-the-world : culture and biology -- Magic through emotion : toward a