Music and Emotions

Daniela Willimek; Bernd Willimek

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| Published: March 20, 2014

Music and Emotions

Daniela Willimek

Lecturer at the Karlsruhe University of Music, College in Karlsruhe, Germany Google Scholar More about the auther

, Bernd Willimek

Author of the Theory of Musical Equilibration Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.501/20140201

DOI: 10.25215/0201.501

ABSTRACT

The link between music and emotions is more of an issue than ever before, and music research is increasingly focusing on understanding the complex characteristics of this interaction. After all, for a long time the fact that music has an emotional impact upon us was one of the greatest of enigmas, since fundamentally it only consists of inanimate frequencies. This is a topic something we do not usually think about in everyday life, and that is why an aura of the indescribable still hovers around music. The question as to how and why music can convey feelings seems to have a certain taboo to it ― and interestingly enough, this is the case among musicians as well.

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Music, Emotions

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How to cite this article: Willimek. D & Willimek B. (2014). Music and Emotions. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2(1). DIP: 18.01.501/20140201, DOI: 10.25215/0201.501