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Film, Video The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature

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Title

  • The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature

Summary

  • Daniel Levitin gives a talk titled "The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature." Director of McGill University's Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition and Expertise and best-selling author of "This is Your Brain on Music," Levitin blends cutting-edge scientific findings with his own experiences as a former record producer and still-active musician. The Music and the Brain Lecture Series is a cycle of lectures and special presentations that highlight an explosion of new research in the rapidly expanding field of "neuromusic." Programming is sponsored by the Library's Music Division and its Science, Technology and Business Division, in cooperation with the Dana Foundation.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body
  • Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2008-11-18.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Science, Technology
  • -  Performing Arts, Music
  • -  Technology, Industry

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  Daniel Levitin.
  • -  Recorded on 2008-11-18.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688040

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-18, 2008. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688040/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. & Library Of Congress. Science, T. (2008) The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-18. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688040/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-18, 2008. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688040/>.