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The Links Between Personality and Musical Taste
A recent article in The Independent outlined some recent research on why we like certain types of music-stating our likes are clearly linked to our personalities. It stated: Why does some music bring us to tears while other pieces make us … Continue reading
Posted in Musicology
Tagged musical ability, musical taste, musician, paul carr, personality, phd research
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Psycoanalytic Approaches to Analysis and Musical Taste
As anyone who has read this blog will know, I have developed an ongoing interest in the ways in which music conveys meaning over the last few years. This has resulted in considering many academics’ thoughts – ranging from philosophers … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Music, Musicology, philosophy
Tagged Allan Moore, Celine Deon, Frank Zappa, Hermann Von Helmholtz, Immanuel Kant, music meaning, musical pleasure, musical taste, musicology, on the sensation of tone, phil tagg, philosophy, philosophy in a new key, phycoanalytical approaches, PSYCOANALYTIC, sting, Susanne Langer
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