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Emotion expression in speech and music

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Music, Language, Speech and Brain

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“Music is our oldest form of expression, older than language or art; it begins with the voice, and with our overwhelming need to reach out to others. In fact music is man far more than words, for words are abstract symbols which convey factual meaning. Music touches our feelings more deeply than words and makes us respond with our whole being.”

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  1. Dept. of Speech Comm & Music Acoustics, Royal Inst. of Technology, 70014, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden

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Scherer, K.R. (1991). Emotion expression in speech and music. In: Sundberg, J., Nord, L., Carlson, R. (eds) Music, Language, Speech and Brain. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12670-5_13

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