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"In a visual culture, hearing is the second sense, and music is the art of hearing. Kandinsky believed that music transcends painting and visual representation because it has the power to act directly and invisibly on the human spirit. Because it is the only art to deal unequivocally with the real world of sound and its attendant perceptions of time, motion, and human mortality, music remains a powerful and often controversial influence on human behavior.". "The Second Sense draws on over 100 examples of recorded musical sources from throat singing to Beethoven, and from traditional Japan to…
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1 edition- Hardcover · English · 2002The Scarecrow Press, Inc. · 384 pages · 9780810842427
Music appreciationMusicAcoustics and physicsPhilosophy and aestheticsMusic, philosophy and aestheticsMusic, acoustics and physics