On 08. feb. 2013 14:55, Stephen Stubbs wrote:
> On 2/8/2013 1:43 AM, david wrote:
>> http://visual.ly/psychology-music?utm_source=visually_embed
>>
> So now we have quantitative proof that the Ancient Greeks' views on
> music were correct.
>
> Music is not an art but a science, with well defined laws that enable
> the musician to induce specific effects and emotions in the listener.
>
> Refer to:
> On Music in Three Books, by Aristides Quintilianus
> Translation, with Introduction, Commentary, and Annotations by Thomas J
> Mathiesen
> 1983, Yale University Press
> ISBN 0-300-02893-8
>
> 'The Other' Stephen Stubbs
> Champaign, IL USA
>
This made me want to recommend Musicophilia - Tales of Music and the
Brain - by Oliver Sacks.
ISBN 978-0-330-52359-2
And while music certainly can be viewed as 'science' there's no doubt in
my mind that it also rightfully can be viewed as 'art' - those two are
not mutually exclusive!
Al F
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