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The music between us : is music a universal language? / Kathleen Marie Higgins.

by Higgins, Kathleen Marie.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2012.

Communication in music.

Music -- Social aspects.

Music and language.

Intercultural communication in the performing arts.

Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.

9780226333281 (hardcover)

xi, 277 pages ; 24 cm.

Other people's music -- Musical animals -- What's involved in sounding human? -- Cross-cultural understanding -- The music of language -- Musical synesthesia -- A song in your heart -- Comfort and joy -- Beyond ethnocentrism.

Drawing on philosophy, psychology, musicology, linguistics, and anthropology, Higgins's richly researched study showcases the ways music is used in rituals, education, work, and healing, and examines how it provides such a reliable source of security and joy. With its profound integration in some of the most meaningful facets of society, she argues, music can form bonds between people that are even more psychologically and emotionally fundamental than language--to which it is often compared--pushing beyond linguistic barriers as a truly cross-cultural form of communication that can create solidarity across political divides. Uncovering this communicative universality through an impressive array of real-world examples, The Music between Us provides a new understanding of what it means to be musical and, in turn, human.

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