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Reprise Lectures in Music: "A Psychological Theory of the Musically Sublime"

February 6, 2019
11:30AM - 12:25PM
109 Hughes Hall, 1899 College Rd

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Add to Calendar 2019-02-06 11:30:00 2019-02-06 12:25:00 Reprise Lectures in Music: "A Psychological Theory of the Musically Sublime" David Huron, professor at the Ohio State School of Music, presents "A Psychological Theory of the Musically Sublime," the third of ten Reprise Lectures in Music, Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. on Ohio State's main campus. These lectures are FREE and open to the public. Marking two decades of research in the Ohio State Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory, this lecture series presents research discoveries and observations spanning a range of musical topics. The lectures are oriented toward a general audience and should be accessible to students and faculty from across campus. Abstract: Most music listening is enjoyable. However, on occasion, the experience of listening to music evokes transcendent feelings: the music may give you goose bumps, bring tears to your eyes, make you feel "choked up," or "take your breath away." Yet these sublime behaviors form a rather peculiar group: why would music cause you to stop breathing, feel a constriction in the back of your throat, ooze fluid from your eyes or make your hair stand on end? This lecture provides an accessible review of pertinent physiological, behavioral and music analytic research, and offers an explanation of where these responses come from, and why they are so enjoyable. David Huron is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor in the School of Music at The Ohio State University and is also affiliated with the Ohio State Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Huron is best known for his research in music perception, cognition and emotion. Over the course of his career, he has produced 170 scholarly publications including several books, and has given over 400 lectures and presentations in 25 countries, including 28 keynote conference addresses. Dr. Huron has been the Ernest Bloch Visiting Lecturer at the University of California–Berkeley, the Donald Wort Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and the Astor Lecturer at Oxford. In 2002 he received the Outstanding Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory, and in 2007 he received the Wallace Berry Book Award. In 2017 he received the Society for Music Perception and Cognition's Lifetime Achievement Award. Upcoming "Reprise Lectures in Music" Feb. 13, The Enjoyment of Sad Music Feb. 20, Music, Technology and Values: Toward a Theory of Moral Design Feb. 27, Cultural Relativism and Cultural Policy March 6, Music and Nostalgia March 20, Discoveries from the OSU Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory April 3, Music and the Digital Humanities April 10, Issues in Musicology: Problems and Prospects 109 Hughes Hall, 1899 College Rd School of Music music@osu.edu America/New_York public

David Huron, professor at the Ohio State School of Music, presents "A Psychological Theory of the Musically Sublime," the third of ten Reprise Lectures in Music, Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. on Ohio State's main campus. These lectures are FREE and open to the public.

Marking two decades of research in the Ohio State Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory, this lecture series presents research discoveries and observations spanning a range of musical topics. The lectures are oriented toward a general audience and should be accessible to students and faculty from across campus.

Abstract: Most music listening is enjoyable. However, on occasion, the experience of listening to music evokes transcendent feelings: the music may give you goose bumps, bring tears to your eyes, make you feel "choked up," or "take your breath away." Yet these sublime behaviors form a rather peculiar group: why would music cause you to stop breathing, feel a constriction in the back of your throat, ooze fluid from your eyes or make your hair stand on end? This lecture provides an accessible review of pertinent physiological, behavioral and music analytic research, and offers an explanation of where these responses come from, and why they are so enjoyable.

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David Huron is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor in the School of Music at The Ohio State University and is also affiliated with the Ohio State Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Huron is best known for his research in music perception, cognition and emotion. Over the course of his career, he has produced 170 scholarly publications including several books, and has given over 400 lectures and presentations in 25 countries, including 28 keynote conference addresses. Dr. Huron has been the Ernest Bloch Visiting Lecturer at the University of California–Berkeley, the Donald Wort Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and the Astor Lecturer at Oxford. In 2002 he received the Outstanding Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory, and in 2007 he received the Wallace Berry Book Award. In 2017 he received the Society for Music Perception and Cognition's Lifetime Achievement Award.


Upcoming "Reprise Lectures in Music"

  • Feb. 13, The Enjoyment of Sad Music
  • Feb. 20, Music, Technology and Values: Toward a Theory of Moral Design
  • Feb. 27, Cultural Relativism and Cultural Policy
  • March 6, Music and Nostalgia
  • March 20, Discoveries from the OSU Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory
  • April 3, Music and the Digital Humanities
  • April 10, Issues in Musicology: Problems and Prospects

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