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Musicophilia

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Musicophilia

By Oliver Sacks

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About the book

With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel GlaserWith his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly becomes obsessed with Chopin; people with `amusia', to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of poets and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds - for everything but music. Dr Sacks describes how m...Show more

Theory of music and musicology
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Biography and non-fiction prose

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ISBN

9781509870141

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Musicophilia

Format

Paperback

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