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Polyphonic minds : music, science, and expression / Peter Pesic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pesic, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counterpoint--Psychological aspects--History.
- Counterpoint.
- Counterpoint--History.
- History.
- Music--Philosophy and aesthetics--History.
- Music.
- Music--Psychological aspects.
- Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- An exploration of polyphony and the perspective it offers on our own polyphonic brains.
- Contents:
- I Polyphony Emergent 13
- 1 Global Contexts and Ancient Origins 15
- 2 Dispassion and Deification 31
- 3 The Music of the Blessed 47
- 4 Oresme and the "New Song" 67
- 5 Polyphonic Controversies 85
- II Polyphony Triumphant 99
- 6 E pluribus unum 101
- 7 Polyphony and Power 119
- 8 Controlling Dissonance 131
- 9 Contrapuntal Science and Art 149
- 10 In Bach's Hands 163
- III Polyphonic Horizons 181
- 11 Polyphony Extended 183
- 12 Contrapuntal Radio and Polyphonic Fields 209
- IV Polyphonic Brains
- 13 Polyphonic Selves 229
- 14 Tuning the Brain 245
- 15 Music of the Hemispheres 259.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262342902
- 0262342901
- OCLC:
- 1008868331
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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