Catalogue | Frankfurt Book Fair 2011 | Ute Körner Literary Agent
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Non fiction | Music<br />
Music, the mother of language<br />
Also<br />
presented by:<br />
Stone Age people carved flutes,<br />
Greenlanders solved disputes with song<br />
duels, and football fans metamorphose<br />
into choral singers within a matter of<br />
seconds.<br />
Singing strengthens the immune system,<br />
playing the piano can improve maths<br />
grades, and there is conclusive evidence<br />
that listening to Mozart reduces stress in<br />
intensive care patients.<br />
Christian Lehmann gives us an<br />
entertaining review of the evolutionary<br />
and cultural history of humanity, showing<br />
that music is in our genes, forms an<br />
integral part of the profile of every culture,<br />
and has a powerful influence on body,<br />
mind and spirit – in other words, it is an<br />
indispensable part of human nature.<br />
A truly amazing book about the<br />
power of music.<br />
Christian Lehmann, stu died<br />
musicology, biology, German language<br />
and literature, as well as vocal arts.<br />
He conducts research into the evolution of<br />
music, and teaches at the University of<br />
Munich.<br />
He was a voice coach for the Regensburg<br />
Cathedral Choir for several years, sang in<br />
the Gewandhaus-Kammerchor Leipzig<br />
and has worked with various choirs such<br />
as the Collegium Vocale Gent, the<br />
Rheinische Kantorei, and the Münchner<br />
Kammerchor.<br />
He also performs as a vocal soloist.<br />
Christian Lehmann<br />
The Key to Music’s Genetics<br />
Why music is part of being human<br />
Herbig · München, 2010<br />
256 pages, with illustrations<br />
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