YOU ARE THE MUSIC: HOW MUSIC REVEALS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN

Book ID/图书代码： 06556013B66090

English Summary/英文概要： ’You are the music / While the music lasts’ T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets Do babies remember music from the womb? Can classical music increase your child’s IQ? Is music good for productivity? What is going on in your brain when Ultravox’s Vienna, Armand Van Helden’s remix of Professional Widow or Dizzle Rascal’s Bonkers transport you to back to a student party? In this brilliant new exploration of the place of music in all our lives - whether we’re a professional musician or just often find ourselves humming The Archers theme tune - music psychologist Victoria Williamson asks: from the womb to old age, why is music SO important to so many of us? From the child who takes music lessons to the commuter who cannot travel to work without an iPod, this upbeat, eye-opening book reveals for the first time the extent of the universal language of music that lives deep inside us all.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “音乐在延续，生命在延续，你就是那音乐。”T•S•艾略特《四首四重奏》婴儿们是否能记起在母体中时所聆听到的音乐？古典音乐能否提升孩子的智商？音乐是否有助于增产？当Ultravox的 Vienna, Armand Van Helden的Professional Widow混音版或是Dizzle Rascal的Bonkers将你领回到学生时期的舞会中时，你的脑海中浮现出的是什么？本书将以全新的方式带领你探索音乐在我们生命中的位置----不论你是专业的音乐人士，抑或你只是偶然地发现自己与The Archers的主题旋律有着强烈的共鸣---音乐心理分析师维多利亚•威廉姆森曾发出疑问：从在母体中生长到我们的老年，为何音乐对我们大多数人而言都如此重要？小时候我们去上的那些音乐课，长大了以后每天上下班的路上，我们都少不了一台ipod，这本令你心情和视野都得以开宽阔的书籍将首次揭开深居在我们每个人体内的通用语言的巨大功用。（DC）

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About the Author/作者介绍： 维多利亚•威廉姆森是一名演讲家，音乐心理学研究室，她在英国和瑞典均担任学术相关工作。作为一名对音乐对人类行为影响领域的专家，她现同时从事着大学和私人行业的研究工作，她有一个非常受欢迎的教育类博客musicpsychology.co.uk。其自己的音乐生涯开始于6岁时学习古典吉他，这个乐器她至今都十分喜欢并对小孩和成人进行授课。作为一名十分受欢迎的演说家，她曾在许多论坛场合进行观点陈述，其中包括TED，the Latitude Festival, the British Science Festival以及NPR新闻。其作品曾刊登在NME上，其研究结果曾出现在许多全国性的与国际性的媒体上，其中包括BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky (英国), CNN 和MSNBC (美国), CBC (加拿大), 新西兰国家广播, 2SER以及 the Big Issue (澳大利亚)。

Victoria Williamson is a lecturer and researcher in music psychology who holds academic posts in the UK and Switzerland. An expert in the impact of music on human behaviour, she has worked in both university and private industry research and hosts the popular educational blog musicpsychology.co.uk. Her personal musical life began aged six with classical guitar, an instrument that she still adores and has taught to both children and adults. A popular public speaker, she has presented her work at numerous forums including TED, the Latitude Festival, the British Science Festival and NPR. Her writing has appeared in NME and her research has been presented across national and international media including BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky (UK), CNN and MSNBC (USA), CBC (Canada), Radio New Zealand National, and 2SER and the Big Issue (Australia).

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