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The World in Six Songs

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The World in Six Songs

By Daniel Levitin

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About the book

Dividing the sum total of human musical achievement, from Beethoven to The Beatles, Busta Rhymes to Bach, into just six fundamental forms, Levitin illuminates, through songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love, how music has been instrumental in the evolution of language, thought and culture. And how, far from being a bit of a song and dance, music is at the core of what it means to be human.A one-time record producer, now a leading neuroscientist, Levitin has composed a ca...Show more

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9780241987810

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2019

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1

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The World in Six Songs

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Paperback

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