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The Musical Human

A History of Life on Earth

by Michael Spitzer ...

"Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music." --Daniel LevitinA colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species.165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm.66 million years ago was the first melody.40 thousand years ago Homo sapiens<... ... Read more

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"Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music." --Daniel LevitinA colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species.165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm.66 million years ago was the first melody.40 thousand years ago Homo sapiens<...
... Read more
Music as Philosophy

Adorno and Beethoven's Late Style

by Michael Spitzer ...

Series series Musical Meaning and Interpretation
Beethoven's late style is the language of his ninth symphony, the Missa Solemnis, the last piano sonatas and string quartets, the Diabelli Variations, the Bagatelles, as well as five piano sonatas, five string quartets, and several smaller piano works. Historically, these works are seen as forging a bridge between the Classical and Romantic traditions: in terms of their musical structure, they ... Read more

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Beethoven's late style is the language of his ninth symphony, the Missa Solemnis, the last piano sonatas and string quartets, the Diabelli Variations, the Bagatelles, as well as five piano sonatas, five string quartets, and several smaller piano works. Historically, these works are seen as forging a bridge between the Classical and Romantic traditions: in terms of their musical structure, they
... Read more
Metaphor and Musical Thought

by Michael Spitzer ...

"The scholarship of Michael Spitzer's new book is impressive and thorough. The writing is impeccable and the coverage extensive. The book treats the history of the use of metaphor in the field of classical music. It also covers a substantial part of the philosophical literature. The book treats the topic of metaphor in a new and extremely convincing manner."-Lydia Goehr, Columbia UniversityThe ... Read more

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"The scholarship of Michael Spitzer's new book is impressive and thorough. The writing is impeccable and the coverage extensive. The book treats the history of the use of metaphor in the field of classical music. It also covers a substantial part of the philosophical literature. The book treats the topic of metaphor in a new and extremely convincing manner."-Lydia Goehr, Columbia UniversityThe
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A History of Emotion in Western Music

A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop

by Michael Spitzer ...

When asked to describe what music means to them, most people talk about its power to express or elicit emotions. As a melody can produce a tear, tingle the spine, or energize athletes, music has a deep impact on how we experience and encounter the world. Because of the elusiveness of these musical emotions, however, little has been written about how music creates emotions and how musical emotion ... Read more

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When asked to describe what music means to them, most people talk about its power to express or elicit emotions. As a melody can produce a tear, tingle the spine, or energize athletes, music has a deep impact on how we experience and encounter the world. Because of the elusiveness of these musical emotions, however, little has been written about how music creates emotions and how musical emotion
... Read more
Music as Philosophy

Adorno and Beethoven's Late Style

by Michael Spitzer ...

Beethoven's late style is the language of his ninth symphony, the Missa Solemnis, the last piano sonatas and string quartets, the Diabelli Variations, the Bagatelles, as well as five piano sonatas, five string quartets, and several smaller piano works. Historically, these works are seen as forging a bridge between the Classical and Romantic traditions: in terms of their musical structure, they ... Read more

$22.79 USD

Beethoven's late style is the language of his ninth symphony, the Missa Solemnis, the last piano sonatas and string quartets, the Diabelli Variations, the Bagatelles, as well as five piano sonatas, five string quartets, and several smaller piano works. Historically, these works are seen as forging a bridge between the Classical and Romantic traditions: in terms of their musical structure, they
... Read more
Beethoven

by Michael Spitzer ...

Series series The Early Romantic Composers
Our image of Beethoven has been transformed by the research generated by a succession of scholars and theorists who blazed new trails from the 1960s onwards. This collection of articles written by leading Beethoven scholars brings together strands of this mainly Anglo-American research over the last fifty years and addresses a range of key issues. The volume places Beethoven scholarship within a ... Read more

$400.00 USD

Our image of Beethoven has been transformed by the research generated by a succession of scholars and theorists who blazed new trails from the 1960s onwards. This collection of articles written by leading Beethoven scholars brings together strands of this mainly Anglo-American research over the last fifty years and addresses a range of key issues. The volume places Beethoven scholarship within a
... Read more
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The Musical Human

A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'

by Michael Spitzer ...

Narrated by Daniel Levitin ...

Unabridged

17 hours 18 min

Bloomsbury presents The Musical Human by Michael Spitzer, read by Daniel Levitin."Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music." —Daniel LevitinA colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species.165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm.66 million years ago was the first melody.40 ... Read more

$30.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents The Musical Human by Michael Spitzer, read by Daniel Levitin."Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music." —Daniel LevitinA colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species.165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm.66 million years ago was the first melody.40
... Read more

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Hype

How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

by Gabrielle Bluestone ...

Narrated by Eileen Stevens ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them.We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour ... ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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From former Vice journalist and executive producer of hit Netflix documentary Fyre comes an eye-opening look at the con artists, grifters and snake oil salesmen of the digital age—and why we can’t stop falling for them.We live in an age where scams are the new normal. A charismatic entrepreneur sells thousands of tickets to a festival that never happened. Respected investors pour ...
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De-Escalate

How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less

by Douglas E. Noll ...

Narrated by Aleya Dao ...

Unabridged

7 hours 9 min

Written by award-winning author, highly experienced mediator, and co-founder of the Prison of Peace project, Douglas E. Noll, De-Escalate gives you the proven process to calm any angry person or volatile situation in 90 seconds or less.Based on the practical experience of a master mediator and grounded in the latest findings in neuroscience, Douglas Noll offers his proven process—to empower you to ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Written by award-winning author, highly experienced mediator, and co-founder of the Prison of Peace project, Douglas E. Noll, De-Escalate gives you the proven process to calm any angry person or volatile situation in 90 seconds or less.Based on the practical experience of a master mediator and grounded in the latest findings in neuroscience, Douglas Noll offers his proven process—to empower you to
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Putin Country

A Journey Into the Real Russia

by Anne Garrles ...

Narrated by Anne Garrels ...

Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

More than twenty years ago, longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels began to visit the region of Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center a thousand miles east of Moscow. Her goal was to chart the social and political aftershocks of the USSR's collapse.On her trips to an area once closed to the West, Garrels discovered a populace for whom the new democratic freedoms were as traumatic as ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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More than twenty years ago, longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels began to visit the region of Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center a thousand miles east of Moscow. Her goal was to chart the social and political aftershocks of the USSR's collapse.On her trips to an area once closed to the West, Garrels discovered a populace for whom the new democratic freedoms were as traumatic as
... Read more

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Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler

The Age of Social Catastrophe

by Robert Gellately ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

26 hours 5 min

A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945—from the Russian Revolution through the Second World War.In Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, acclaimed historian Robert Gellately focuses on the dominant powers of the time, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, but also analyzes the catastrophe of those years in an effort to uncover its political ... Read more

$34.99 USD

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A bold new accounting of the great social and political upheavals that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945—from the Russian Revolution through the Second World War.In Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, acclaimed historian Robert Gellately focuses on the dominant powers of the time, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, but also analyzes the catastrophe of those years in an effort to uncover its political
... Read more

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Understanding Music

Philosophy and Interpretation

by Sir Roger Scruton ...

Series series Bloomsbury Revelations
With Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music (1997)Roger Scruton set a new standard of rigour and seriousness in the philosophy of music. This collection of wide-ranging essays covers all aspects of the theory and practice of music, showing the significance of music as an expression of the moral life. The book is split into two parts, the first is devoted to the aesthetics and theory of ... Read more

$28.99 USD

With Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music (1997)Roger Scruton set a new standard of rigour and seriousness in the philosophy of music. This collection of wide-ranging essays covers all aspects of the theory and practice of music, showing the significance of music as an expression of the moral life. The book is split into two parts, the first is devoted to the aesthetics and theory of
... Read more

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