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Why music — even sad music — is 'inherently joyful'
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:54:38
Publish Date: 2025-05-19 14:10:00
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Music is joy declares Daniel Chua. The renowned musicologist says music and joy have an ancient correlation, from Confucius to Saint Augustine and Beethoven to The Blues. Of course there is sad music, but Chua says, it's tragic because of joy. Chua delivered the 2025 Wiegand Lecture called Music, Joy and the Good Life.
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