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“A must-read...A literary, poetic, scientific, and musical treat.”—Seattle Times“Masterful...Eminently enjoyable.”—Los Angeles Times“Why can a song make you cry in a matter of seconds? Six Songs is the only book that explains why.”—Bobby McFerrin, ten-time Grammy Award-winning artist (“Don't Worry, Be Happy”) “A fantastic ride.”—New Scientist “Leading researchers in music cognition are already singing its praises.”—Evolutionary Psychology“Exquisitely well-written and easy to read, serving up a great deal of scientific information in a gentle way for those of us who are—or just think we are—a bit science-phobic.”—Huffington Post“Fascinating. Provides a biological explanation for why we might tap our feet or bob our heads in time with a favorite song, how singing might soothe a baby, and how music emboldens soldiers or athletes preparing for conflict.”—Associated Press“An exemplary mix of scientist and artist, student and teacher, performer and listener.”—Library Journal (starred review)

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About the Author

Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and Weaponized Lies. His work has been translated into 21 languages. An award-winning scientist and teacher, he is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI, a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, and the James McGill Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Music at McGill University, Montreal, where he also holds appointments in the Program in Behavioural Neuroscience, The School of Computer Science, and the Faculty of Education. Before becoming a neuroscientist, he worked as a session musician, sound engineer, and record producer working with artists such as Stevie Wonder and Blue Oyster Cult. He has published extensively in scientific journals as well as music magazines such as Grammy and Billboard. Recent musical performances include playing guitar and saxophone with Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Rosanne Cash, David Byrne, Cris Williamson, Victor Wooten, and Rodney Crowell.

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Product details

Paperback: 384 pages

Publisher: Dutton (July 28, 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0452295483

ISBN-13: 978-0452295483

Product Dimensions:

5.3 x 0.8 x 8 inches

Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

3.6 out of 5 stars

56 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#390,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Daniel J. Levitin, a former record executive turned neuroscientist, pals around with David Byrne, Sting, Joni Mitchell and other celebrities in a book whose purpose is to define the six architypal songs of the human race. The chapters are titled for one of the six types, with an additional chapter for love songs. The content of each chapter is a haphazard collection of autobiographical anecdotes, interviews, evidence from anthropology, and examples from his and his colleagues research. Beyond straight forward declarations of what makes the chapters's song type an archetype , most of the material provides little evidence or even a compelling reason to be included in the chapter.Each chapter includes uninspiring song examples that seem to undermine his claim of significance. Mr Levitin apologies for this in the final chapter claiming the examples are provided for a common frame of reference and are not meant to represent the best of the genre. If great examples are so hard to come by, what makes these categories more than arbitrary?This seems most evident in the chapter on religious songs. When composers like Bach have spent their entire career writing religious music, is Leon Russell's Superstar performed by Carpenter's the most worthy mention? How is a study of Arcade Fire lyrics pertinent while Handel's Messiah mearly gets mentioned by name?Levitin stresses how little difference there is between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. He fails to show that the musical brain he attributes to humans is an important distinction.

This is an enjoyable, very interesting and thought-provoking book by someone who knows music from both the commercial/industry and scientific sides. Levitin advances a number of ideas, based largely on science, but which really amount to conjecture -- he doesn't posit them, but he repeats them often enough that it is clear that he really believes them. I found a number of these ideas to be plausible but not necessarily convincing. This is not a criticism, but rather to say that I have other ideas and/or am not so sure that his conjectures are right. Indeed, some of these ideas seem downright simplistic.More of a criticism -- though this may be a criticism of me, not Levitin -- is that he extensively makes references to contemporary popular music and musicians to give examples of what he is writing. Being raised on classical music, I found most of these examples useless.I haven't read it, but, from what I have heard, another of Levitin's books, "This Is Your Brain on Music," sounds like a better and more scientifically based book. I intend to read it next.

I loved Levitin's first book "This is Your Brain on Music". The "name-dropper" claim from some reviewers was unfair, because scientists instinctively cite every idea that was not original to them (I would know, I am one). Levitin clearly loves his new career and wants to share his enthusiasm with a wider audience.However, this book is thin on content and full of annoyances that most readers will catch. For example, he waxes nostalgically about the anti-Viet Nam War music and how it influenced political life in the Sixties and later. However, Levitin was still playing with toys in the Sixties! His views of the impact of music on the Viet Nam War are second-hand sentimentality.He also tries to comment on religion without being offensive. He suggests religion was displaced by technology and then quickly changes topic. I am sure most of his colleagues believe that, but they need to get out more.Most of all, you realize quickly that very few people had much input when he researched this book. He quotes Sting constantly, probably because Sting was one of the few people that agreed to be interviewed.I do not want to trash the book completely. His idea that music influenced brain development in Homo sapiens is original and clever. There will probably prove to be some truth to it, but clearly the cart is (at least partially) in front of the horse.It is still a thoughtful and entertaining book, but it pales in comparison to Levitin's first book.

Not nearly as good as "This is your brain on music". Although the core ideas are very interesting, the book should be much shorter. The author delves into too many and too long personal stories to go to the point.

Very interesting read.

A bit redundant at times, but a good read introducing the role of music cross-culturally.

Wonderful read! Presents a perspective on music that is expansive and fascinating!

Wonderful, interesting book. Deals with origins of music and relationship of music to the brain among other topics.

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