Nature of Music: Beauty, Sound and Healing
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An important book that answers how music affects your mood and how music affects your brainMusic has a profound influence on our lives; affecting how we think, how we act, how we feel-even who we are. By learning more about the intimate relationship between music and ourselves, we can begin to harness that power and better our lives. A classical pianist, Draper writes about the ways in which the great works of the classical canon can help us cope with grief, give dimension to the mysteries of beauty and faith, aid us in recovery from illness, inspire us to create, or just give us a boost of energy.This unique guide includes an extensive music bibliography with selections to suit moods, calm nerves, inspire, and heal. Anyone from the novice to the aficionado will find new ways to hear music as they never have before.

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Weight 0.2 kg
Dimensions 1.63 × 13.09 × 20.27 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country

USA
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

240
Publisher

Year Published

2001-11-1
Imprint

ISBN 10

1573228982
About The Author

Maureen McCarthy Draper, a classical pianist and music teacher, presents music retreats for the Guild for Psychological Studies both in San Francisco and from her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, using live music, poetry, and art. The Nature of Music is her first book.

“Draper’s love for music is contagious. She provides a useful set of listening exercises, or music breaks, at the end of each chapter, as well as an extensive ‘listening bibliography’ for enhancing every aspect of life, from work to sex.”—Publishers Weekly“A lovely, lyrical, elegantly useful guide for all of us, healthy or ill, who want to reap full benefit from the wonderful world of music.”—Barrie R. Cassileth, Ph.D., Chief, Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center “Mystics say that we are music, and poems are rough notations for that music. This book will send you back to the music you love.”—Coleman Barks, poet and translator of The Essential Rumi
Table Of Content

The Nature of MusicIntroduction One: The Heart of Listening Music and the Arts The Language of Music Listening to Music, Listening to Yourself The Physical Power of MusicTwo: Hearing the Design Thematic Seeds Circular Forms The Enduring Power of the Mass Yesterday's Dissonance Is Today's ConsonanceThree: The Education of Feeling Ways of Listening Tonality: The Homing Instinct Four: When You Are the Music Your Unlived Life Bach: The Passionate Mind Beethoven: A Guide to Spiritual Evolution Praise and PrayerFive: Singing Your Own Song Toning, Singing Bowls, and Chant Strike the Harp or Join the ChorusSix: The Alchemy of Music Earth Water Air Fire Composing Your Life A Musical DaySeven: The Healing Power of Music Anger, Catharsis and Transformation How Music Heals Music for the HospitalEight: Dreaming and Dancing Dreaming by Day Dancing in the DarkNine: The Inner Garden The Education of the Heart Schumann and Brahms: Eros and the Artist The Garden of Love Mozart: The Divine ChildSound Journey: A Listening Bibliography Musical Terms Endnotes Bibliography About Companion CDs

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