How Music Moves Us

"Why and how does music make us feel emotions?" The author offers unique perspectives in this collection of music essays and lectures, which should appeal to people who have some music training. Included is a music esthetics theory inspired by author Ayn Rand's definition of art. There is a chapter on how to compose a quality melody and another about a recent discovery that explains how and why, beyond enjoyment, some music is loved. The ability to read music notation will help, but any intellectually curious person who loves music and enjoys philosophical ideas will find value here.

"Why and how does music make us feel emotions?" The author offers unique perspectives in this collection of music essays and lectures, which should appeal to people who have music training such as music courses, piano lessons, school band, orchestra or chorus participation. The ability to read music notation will help, but any intellectually curious person who loves music and enjoys philosophical ideas will find value here.

S. David Berry, Professor of Music and Objectivist music philosopher, has been teaching for 36 years at Converse University in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He is a BMI-affiliated composer and publisher who has taught across a wide range of disciplines including music composition, history, theory, technology, cognition, business, and The Beatles. His primary passions are composing and music esthetics. Before teaching, Dr. Berry toured full-time professionally for 14 years in rock bands and made a number of commercial recordings. He has degrees in horn performance from the University of Maryland and composition degrees from Converse and the University of South Carolina.