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The Nature of Music

© 2023 University of Chicago Press

© 2023 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. FIRST BREATH vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Cosmophony: Sounds of Space
  6. First Sounds 9
  7. Resonance (1) 10
  8. Sound in Space 12
  9. Music of the Spheres (1) 17
  10. Music of the Spheres (2) 23
  11. The Golden Record 30
  12. Geophony: Sounds of Earth
  13. Rhythm (1) – Planet Waves 37
  14. The Loudest Sound 42
  15. The Northern Lights 45
  16. Volcano 49
  17. Thunder 53
  18. Listening to a Rainbow 57
  19. Biophony: Sounds of Life
  20. Rhythm (2) – Body 63
  21. Hearing 65
  22. Ancient Animal Noises 75
  23. Plant 80
  24. Insect 83
  25. Bee 89
  26. Frog 94
  27. Bat 97
  28. Elephant 102
  29. The Thousand- mile Song of the Whale 106
  30. Leviathan, or the Sperm Whale 117
  31. Blackbird 124
  32. Owl 128
  33. Nightingale 133
  34. Anthropophony: Sounds of Humanity
  35. Rhythm (3) – Music and Dance 145
  36. Onomatopoeia 152
  37. How Language Began 155
  38. The Magic Flute 161
  39. The Nature of Music 169
  40. Harmony 174
  41. Strange Musical Instruments 182
  42. Sad Songs 192
  43. Basho 201
  44. Visible Sound 205
  45. Plato’s Cave 209
  46. Earworms 213
  47. Noise Pollution 216
  48. The Sounds of Climate Change 223
  49. Hell 227
  50. Healing with Music 234
  51. Healing with Sound 244
  52. Bells 249
  53. Resonance (2) 265
  54. Frontiers 269
  55. Silence 277
  56. Some Good Sounds 286
  57. Thanks 289
  58. References and Further Reading 291
  59. Permissions 337
  60. Index 339
A Book of Noises
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https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226823249-033

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. FIRST BREATH vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Cosmophony: Sounds of Space
  6. First Sounds 9
  7. Resonance (1) 10
  8. Sound in Space 12
  9. Music of the Spheres (1) 17
  10. Music of the Spheres (2) 23
  11. The Golden Record 30
  12. Geophony: Sounds of Earth
  13. Rhythm (1) – Planet Waves 37
  14. The Loudest Sound 42
  15. The Northern Lights 45
  16. Volcano 49
  17. Thunder 53
  18. Listening to a Rainbow 57
  19. Biophony: Sounds of Life
  20. Rhythm (2) – Body 63
  21. Hearing 65
  22. Ancient Animal Noises 75
  23. Plant 80
  24. Insect 83
  25. Bee 89
  26. Frog 94
  27. Bat 97
  28. Elephant 102
  29. The Thousand- mile Song of the Whale 106
  30. Leviathan, or the Sperm Whale 117
  31. Blackbird 124
  32. Owl 128
  33. Nightingale 133
  34. Anthropophony: Sounds of Humanity
  35. Rhythm (3) – Music and Dance 145
  36. Onomatopoeia 152
  37. How Language Began 155
  38. The Magic Flute 161
  39. The Nature of Music 169
  40. Harmony 174
  41. Strange Musical Instruments 182
  42. Sad Songs 192
  43. Basho 201
  44. Visible Sound 205
  45. Plato’s Cave 209
  46. Earworms 213
  47. Noise Pollution 216
  48. The Sounds of Climate Change 223
  49. Hell 227
  50. Healing with Music 234
  51. Healing with Sound 244
  52. Bells 249
  53. Resonance (2) 265
  54. Frontiers 269
  55. Silence 277
  56. Some Good Sounds 286
  57. Thanks 289
  58. References and Further Reading 291
  59. Permissions 337
  60. Index 339
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