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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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