I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine by Daniel J. Levitin

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals the deep connections between music and healing. Music is one of humanity's oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind. In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Brain on Music) explores the curative powers of music, showing us how and why it is one of the most potent therapies today. He brings together, for the first time, the results of numerous studies on music and the brain, demonstrating how music can contribute to the treatment of a host of ailments, from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinsons and Alzheimer's, to cognitive injury, depression, and pain. Levitin is not your typical scientist he is also an award-winning musician and composer, and through lively interviews with some of todays most celebrated musicians, from Sting to Kent Nagano and Mari Kodama, he shares their observations as to why music might be an effective therapy, in addition to plumbing scientific case studies, music theory, and music history. The result is a work of dazzling ideas, cutting-edge…

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    • Daniel J. Levitin (Author)
    • Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
    • Publication Date: 08-27-2024
    • Page Count: 416
    • Hardcover
    • Science
    • 6.1 (w) x 9(h) x 1.4 (d)
    • ISBN: 9781324036180

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3 months ago

Outstanding read!

I have read most of Levitin's books and this one was near the top for me! He has such a unique history and background and his ability to transition from musician to neuroscientist to author of a book that anyone can read is truly a noteworthy feat! He mixes some personal stories, research that he helped to conduct and explores a variety of different musical genres that can and have been used for music therapy. I was surprised to read that the effectiveness of this is robust enough to hold up in different scientific studies and the book does a good job of not just listing off all the results but putting it in a form that is interesting and engaging. I was surprised to hear about anecdotes involving different artists with the author (such as Bobby McFerrin) and it made for a book that was fun, informative and can be useful as well. I would highly recommend this book even if you haven't read any of his other works!

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10 months ago
from Fl

Absolutely fascintating!!!

This is not my first time reading Daniel J. Levitin, nor his research and ideas on the impact of music. This really highlights Daniel's interest in how music impacts us, but also how he arrived at coming up with his experiments and his thought process behind why he was researching music, and his insights along the way. Absolutely fascinating. There is so much more to be investigated, but Daniel really takes us on a deep dive into different musical talents, different ailments of the human body, and how our bodies respond to, and break new norms. I love music. I am firmly in the camp that it can heal and mend what words, medicine, and people can't. I am excited to see where some of this research is going and what may be over the horizon for new ways to reach people, and I appreciate Daniels way of helping us to understand the different approaches along the way. Highly highly highly recommend. Not only is this book written by Daniel J. Levitin, but it's also narrated by him as well. He's fascinating to listen to and not dry or overly scholarly. You can tell he really loves his subject and it comes across that way. *I received a copy of this audiobook from NetGalley. This review is my own opinion*

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