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Using classical, popular, and avant-garde music as texts, this title addresses such questions as: why do bodies develop goose bumps when listening to music and why does music sound so good when heard 'all around'. It shows how the historical conditions under which music is created affect the listening experience.

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“Schwarz has a keen music-analytical sense, a solid grounding in psychoanalysis, and an effervescent intellectual energy. His project is a fresh and distinctive addition to the ongoing rapprochement between musicology, critical theory, and cultural studies.”—Lawrence Kramer, Fordham University

Listening Subjects

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 18/06/1997
      ISBN13: 9780822319290, 978-0822319290
      ISBN10: 0822319292
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      Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Using classical, popular, and avant-garde music as texts, this title addresses such questions as: why do bodies develop goose bumps when listening to music and why does music sound so good when heard 'all around'. It shows how the historical conditions under which music is created affect the listening experience.

      Trade Review
      “Schwarz has a keen music-analytical sense, a solid grounding in psychoanalysis, and an effervescent intellectual energy. His project is a fresh and distinctive addition to the ongoing rapprochement between musicology, critical theory, and cultural studies.”—Lawrence Kramer, Fordham University

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