Music and the Nerves, 1700-1900 - by J Kennaway (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The relationship between music and the nervous system is now the subject of intense interest for scientists and people in the humanities, but this is by no means a new phenomenon. This volume sets out the history of the relationship between neurology and music, putting the advances of our era into context.

Review Quotes

"It provides an excellent introduction to some of the major ideas about music and the body. ... Kennaway accomplishes much by asking his readers to engage with this material through the prism of music and the nerves, and this collection makes a valuable contribution to the growing body of historical studies focusing on music and neuroscience. The book will be of great interest to music scholars and historians of science, and will also appeal to neuroscientists and music cognition researchers." (Carmel Raz, Social History of Medicine, Vol. 29 (3), August, 2016)

"...interesting and thought-provoking" - Medical History

About the Author

Professor George Rousseau, Oxford University, UK Dr. Penelope Gouk, University of Manchester, UK Dr. Ingrid J. Sykes, La Trobe University, Australia Dr. Pilar León-Sanz, University of Navarra, Spain Dr. Aris Sarafianos, University of Ioannina, Greece Professor Julene K Johnson, University of California, USA Professor Amy Graziano, Chapman University, USA Dr. Alix Hui, Mississippi State University, USA Dr. Wiebke Thormählen, Royal College of Music, UK