On Monday 18 February 2013 19:38:58 Alf Haakon Lund wrote:

> On 08. feb. 2013 14:55, Stephen Stubbs wrote:

> > On 2/8/2013 1:43 AM, david wrote:

> >> http://visual.ly/psychology-music?utm_source=visually_embed

> >

> > So now we have quantitative proof that the Ancient Greeks' views on

> > music were correct.

> >

> > Music is not an art but a science, with well defined laws that enable

> > the musician to induce specific effects and emotions in the listener.

> >

> > Refer to:

> > On Music in Three Books, by Aristides Quintilianus

> > Translation, with Introduction, Commentary, and Annotations by Thomas J

> > Mathiesen

> > 1983, Yale University Press

> > ISBN 0-300-02893-8

> >

> > 'The Other' Stephen Stubbs

> > Champaign, IL USA

>

> This made me want to recommend Musicophilia - Tales of Music and the

> Brain - by Oliver Sacks.

> ISBN 978-0-330-52359-2

>

> And while music certainly can be viewed as 'science' there's no doubt in

> my mind that it also rightfully can be viewed as 'art' - those two are

> not mutually exclusive!

>

This book is a very good read. Highly recommended.