In "The World in Six Songs," Levitin claims to provide an argument that music throughout history can largely be reduced to six types of songs: friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion, and love. As one might expect with such grandiose claims, this taxonomy seems to do very little to help us/5. “Music has historically been one of the strongest forces binding together the disenfranchised, the alienated People who do something together that is antisocial or somewhat off-center enjoy a bond all misfits, but we are bound together in that.” ― Daniel J. Levitin, The World in Six SongsCited by: · That is, at least, the thesis of Daniel J. Levitin’s lively, ambitious and occasionally even persuasive new book, “The World in Six Songs.”. Music, Levitin argues, is not just something to Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.
Daniel J. Levitin is Founding Dean of Arts Humanities at the Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) in California. He is also the James McGill Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Music at McGill University, Montreal. "This Is Your Brain on Music", "The World in Six Songs", "The Organized Mind" and "A Field Guide to Lies. The author of the New York Times bestseller This Is Your Brain on Music reveals music's role in the evolution of human culture in this thought-provoking book that "will leave you awestruck". Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC (born Decem) is an American-Canadian cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is the author of four New York Times best-selling books.. Levitin is James McGill Professor Emeritus of psychology and behavioral neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Founding Dean of Arts Humanities at The.
The World in Six Songs; How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature; By: Daniel J. Levitin; Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin; Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins Unabridged Audiobook. The World in Six Songs, Daniel J. Levitin. New York: Dutton, Summary: Proposes that all the world’s songs can be grouped into six categories, and explores the evolutionary, cultural, and musical reasons for each category. According to Daniel J. Levitin, I could reorganize the music in my collection into six categories–at least the music meant to be sung. “Music has historically been one of the strongest forces binding together the disenfranchised, the alienated People who do something together that is antisocial or somewhat off-center enjoy a bond all misfits, but we are bound together in that.” ― Daniel J. Levitin, The World in Six Songs.
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