Inscribed by the author to his wife. With loose piece of paper handwritten by author containing quotation by Joseph Addison about music. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Size: xii, 212pp.

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Title

Music and the Mind

Publisher

Harper Collins Publishers

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

000215398X

ISBN 13

9780002153980

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Signed by Author

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Why does music have such a powerful effect upon the mind and body? The author of this book believes that music is one example of how humans make sense out of the chaos of sounds and other stimuli which impinge upon us. Music exemplifies the human need for coherence - putting us in touch with our feelings and giving them structure. Anthony Storr is a practising psychiatrist and author of "Solitude".

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g with grace and clarity...he touches on everything from the evolution of the Western tonal system, to the Freudian theory of music as infantile escapism, to the differing roles o the right and left brain in perceiving music."
WALL STREET JOURNAL
Drawing on his own life long passion for music and synthesizing the theories of Plato, Schopenhauer, Stravinsky, Nietzsche, Bartok, and others, distinguished author and psychologist Anthony Storr illuminates music's deep beauty and timeless truth and why and how music is one of the fundamental activities of mankind.

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