Praise For…

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For many years I have wondered why a bunch of frequencies organized into a piece of music has the ability, even without words, to make the listener cry and become emotional. Although I know this happens to me and many people I have often wondered how this can be. Dr. Levitin in this latest book I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine has some fascinating insights into this great phenomenon.

— Sir Paul McCartney

Daniel J. Levitin is a visionary neuroscientist, an extraordinary musician, a brilliant writer—and this is his best book yet. I Heard There Was a Secret Chord is inspiring and illuminating, as deep as it is delightful. I couldn’t put it down. So full of great ideas and delicious stories, it made me want to rewind my entire life and spend more of it making music.

— Daniel Gilbert, New York Times best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness

For many of us, This is Your Brain on Music was an illuminating introduction to the neuroscience of music. Dan Levitin follows up with the comprehensive I Heard There Was a Secret Chord, expertly highlighting the latest trends and discoveries in arts and health, written in his always erudite yet concise and accessible style. We are so fortunate to have his keen mind leading this growing field and unlocking its mysteries for readers.

— Renée Fleming, world-renowned soprano and arts and health advocate

Lookin’ back at my life, it’s pretty easy to see how music has profoundly benefited my well-being, all while drawing me further & further into its mysteries—and there appears to be no end to this path. Dan’s take on this mirrors mine—and he can both explain it and tease the possibilities presented...
— Bob Weir, The Grateful Dead

In the same way that we musicians study music theory, we also need to study everything in this book. How and why music affects us, and what it does to our minds and bodies, is just as critical to know. And Dan pulls this all together beautifully.
— Victor L. Wooten, bass player, educator, five-time Grammy Award winner

Working as a cross-culture detective, Daniel J. Levitin opens the mysteries of how music heals us and fires our emotions, inspirations, and desires. Levitin cracks the case wide open while synthesizing his research and experience in a book that is an important addition to our understanding of the human experience.
— Michael Connelly, New York Times best-selling author of the Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series