On Monday 18 February 2013 19:38:58 Alf Haakon Lund wrote:
> 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!
>
This book is a very good read. Highly recommended.
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