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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste

byNolan Gasser

But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful effect on us? Using scientific research, fieldwork, and carefully chosen case studies, Why You Like It moves between close observation and a wider account of the systems surrounding its subject. By placing Why You Like It within music and science, the book reveals why its central tensions extend well beyond one person, place, or moment. Readers come away with both the essential context and a sharper sense of how the science and culture of musical taste continues to shape the present.

Publisher

Flatiron Books

Publication date

2022-08-29

Format

Print edition

Pages

720

ISBN

9781250057228