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The music instinct science & song

Mannes, Elena. (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author). WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Added Author). Mannes Productions, Inc. (Added Author). ARTE France. (Added Author). Audra McDonald, narrator ; Bobby McFerrin, Daniel Levitin, hosts. (Cast).

Summary: The music instinct provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism is moved by the undeniable effect of music, and the deep connection between music and our bodies and brains. The program follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries.

Record details

ISBN: 9780793670826
ISBN: 0793670829
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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videorecording
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Copyright date on credit frame: 2008; copyright date on disc label: 2009. Bonus features: additional performances and interviews.
Formatted Contents Note:	Feeling the sound -- The brain plays music -- Our ancestors & song -- The math of music -- Music : born & bred -- Playing our emotions -- Music changes the brain -- Can music make us smarter? -- Can music heal? -- Music & language -- Music & evolution -- A resonant world.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Executive producers, Elena Mannes, Margaret Smilow ; editor, Donna Marino ; director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; original music, Michael Bacon.
Participant or Performer Note:	Audra McDonald, narrator ; Bobby McFerrin, Daniel Levitin, hosts.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (enhanced for 16x9 TVs); stereo.
Language Note:	In English; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.