Radio Lab, Show 202: Musical Language

Part of Series Radio Lab
Length 58:59
Licensor WNYC
Producer(s) Jad Abumrad
Formats Documentary, Interview
Topics Art, News, Science
Produced 2006
Added to PRX September 11, 2006
 

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Summary:

What is music? How does it work? Why does it move us? Why are some people better at it than others?

Website:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21

Additional Credits and Funding:

Host/Producer Jad Abumrad, Co-Host Robert Krulwich, Producer Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor

Timely on:

October 01: The broadcast window for the series is October 06 - October 07

Tones:

Amusing, Edgy, Engaging

Language:

English

Description:

 In this hour, we examine the line between language and music, how the brain processes sound, and we meet a composer who uses computers to capture the musical DNA of dead composers in order to create new work. We also re-imagine the disastrous 1913 debut of Stravinsky?s Rite of Spring?through the lens of modern neurology.