Music and the Mind - by Anthony Storr (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Storr, the bestselling author of Solitude, explores the intimate effects of music, and the reasons for its central place in our lives. He traces the origins of music and its functional development in society as entertainment, communication, and therapy, making a powerful argument for the universality and centrality of music. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"Writing with grace and clarity...he touches on everything from the evolution of the Western tonal system, to the Freudian theory of music as infantile escapism, to the differing roles o the right and left brain in perceiving music."<br> WALL STREET JOURNAL<br>Drawing on his own life long passion for music and synthesizing the theories of Plato, Schopenhauer, Stravinsky, Nietzsche, Bartok, and others, distinguished author and psychologist Anthony Storr illuminates music's deep beauty and timeless truth and why and how music is one of the fundamental activities of mankind.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Anthony Storr</b> was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and an Emeritus Fellow of Green College, Oxford. He was the author of numerous books, including <i>The Integrity of the Personality, The Dynamics of Creation, The Essential Jung, </i> and <i>The Art of Psychotherapy</i>. Dr. Storr died in 2001.
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