Music and the Mind
by STORR, ANTHONYEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1993-10-19
Publisher(s): Ballantine Books
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Summary
"Writing 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.
Author Biography
Anthony Storr was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and an Emeritus Fellow of Green College, Oxford. He was the author of numerous books, including The Integrity of the Personality, The Dynamics of Creation, The Essential Jung, and The Art of Psychotherapy. Dr. Storr died in 2001.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Origins and Collective Functions | p. 1 |
| Music, Brain and Body | p. 24 |
| Basic Patterns | p. 49 |
| Songs Without Words | p. 65 |
| Escape from Reality? | p. 89 |
| The Solitary Listener | p. 108 |
| The Innermost Nature of the World | p. 128 |
| A Justification of Existence | p. 150 |
| The Significance of Music | p. 168 |
| References | p. 189 |
| Bibliography | p. 201 |
| Index | p. 208 |
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