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Why you like it : the science and culture of musical taste
- Title
- Why you like it : the science and culture of musical taste / Nolan Gasser.
- Author
- Gasser, Nolan
- Publication
- New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xi, 706 pages : illustrations, music; 25 cm
- Summary
- "From the chief architect of Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love" -- From book jacket.
- Alternative Title
- Science and culture of musical taste
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [661]-694) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: in the ear of the beholder. The rise and rebirth of the savage beast -- A gift of the gods. Under the musical hood: an orientation ; Melody: the face of music ; Interlude A: the evolution of musical taste: music and anthropology -- Bar bands in Andromeda. Harmony: the internal body of music ; Rhythm: the movement of music ; Interlude B: it's the overtones, stupide: music, math, and physics -- Unity and heterogeneity. Form: the shape of music ; Sound: the personality of music ; Interlude C: the singing cerebrum: music and the brain -- Musical metaphors. The musical genotype ; The pop genotype ; Interlude D: at the cellular level: music and cell biology -- Parlez-vous gamelan?. The rock genotype ; The jazz genotype ; Interlude E: listening with an accent: culture and musical taste -- Questioning the omnivore. The hip hop genotype ; The electronica (EDM) genotype ; Interlude F: staking your claim: intraculture and musical taste -- Who are you, anyway?. The world music genotype ; The classical genotype ; Interlude G: mind over music: psychology and musical taste -- Your hit parade. The what and why of musical taste ; Epilogue: living with music.
- Call Number
- JME 19-272
- ISBN
- 9781250057198
- 1250057191
- 9781250057204 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018037896
- OCLC
- 1050453905
- Author
- Gasser, Nolan, author.
- Title
- Why you like it : the science and culture of musical taste / Nolan Gasser.
- Publisher
- New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textnotated music
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [661]-694) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JME 19-272