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Higgins, Kathleen Marie.

The music between us : is music a universal language? / Kathleen Marie Higgins. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012. - xi, 277 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other people's music -- Musical animals -- What's involved in sounding human? -- Cross-cultural understanding -- The music of language -- Musical synesthesia -- A song in your heart -- Comfort and joy -- Beyond ethnocentrism.

ISBN: 9780226333281 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 0226333280 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

Standard No.: 40020813071

LCCN: 2011033761

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communication in music.
Music--Social aspects.
Music and language.
Intercultural communication in the performing arts.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

LC Class. No.: ML3916 / .H54 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 781/.1