The World in Six Songs

If you're a musician or if you just love music, you've got to read The World in Six Songs by Daniel Levitin. He combines his knowledge of music and research from his cognitive science lab to unravel how music has formed and tightened human bonds, and ultimately enables our culture and society to develop. He includes interviews with musicians, conductors, and anthropologists to show how six song functions- friendship, joy, comfort, religion, knowledge and love work in our brain to retain the emotional history of our lives. Check it out at http://www.amazon.com/World-Six-Songs-Musical-Created/dp/B002RAR126/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270489712&sr=1-1