BRILLIANTISM: MUSICAL UNIVERSALS

4.20.2009

MUSICAL UNIVERSALS

Are there musical "universals?"


This article wonders if
even isolated cultures understand emotions conveyed by Western music.

Great sentence: "A team led by Thomas Fritz visited the Mafa people and played excerpts from Western music intended to evoke one of three emotions: happiness, sadness, or fear."

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