Elizabeth Margulis

Transported

The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams

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Produktbeschreibung

We've all had the experience: a song comes on, and suddenly we're not where we were. We're back in the past, or living out a future that never happened, or imagining a scene that never existed. In Transported, Elizabeth Margulis explores the phenomenon of musical daydreams-the vivid, spontaneous, emotionally redolent scenes, stories and memories we lapse into while listening to music-and argues that these everyday reveries offer a powerful and underappreciated window into how we think and feel. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, ethnography and revelations from her own teaching and research, Margulis debunks oversimplified myths and illuminates music's true potential to alleviate anxiety, reignite creativity and foster connection. At a time when distraction dominates, Transported makes a powerful case for music as one of the last realms where the mind is still free to wander.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781324095798
• ISBN-10: 1324095792
• Artikelnr.: 75448205

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Margulis is professor of music and director of the Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University. Her book On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind won the Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.