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Nov. 19, 2010
How Music Works
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| From pitch to frequency and harmony to rhythm, how do sounds become music? What separates Bach' s Prelude in C Major from Led Zeppelin' s Stairway to Heaven? In this segment, Ira talks with Dr. John Powell, a physicist and composer. He's the author of the new book "How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond." |
Produced by Katherine Wells
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John Powell
Physicist and composer
Author, "How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond" (little, Brown & Company, 2010)
Nottingham, United Kingdom
RELATED READING
How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
by John Powell
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition
by Oliver Sacks
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
by Daniel J. Levitin
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