There is no denying the advantages of an electronic reading device, but BiblioBytes hopes that readers will continue to find value in print books!
With perfect timing, three of the books that JoAnn donated are directly applicable to the new Wild Music exhibit that is currently on display at the Museum. Anthony Storr's Music and the Mind (Ballantine Books, 1992) explores why music is one of the fundamental activities of human beings across all known cultures.The Singing Neanderthals, by Steven Mithen (Harvard University Press,
2006), takes a more interdisciplinary approach as it draws together ideas from archaeology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, and musicology to explain why we are compelled to create and listen to music. Mithen's evolutionary history of music discusses the connection between bipedalism and brain development in early hominids, such as Lucy, and the development of communication.Finally, well-known neurologist and author Oliver Sacks serenades readers with tales of music and the brain in his 2007 book Musicophilia (Knopf). Sacks tells readers about people who experience the power of music in different, sometimes debilitating, ways.
If you are interested in reading more about music, whether from a psychological, neurological, or evolutionary perspective, dance on up to the Library and check out these books!
Thank you to JoAnn Coburn for her generous donation to the Library. BiblioBytes wishes her a happy retirement full of good books, in whatever format she chooses!