Stefano Oliva, Nicola Di Stefano and Andrea Velardi
in NODES 25 →
2025
https://doi.org/10.57633/NODES-25/1-ENG
Since ancient times, music has been considered a complex phenomenon, capable of eliciting emotional responses in the listener, fostering the transmission of cultural values and the realization of symbolic exchanges. Even before being an object of aesthetic enjoyment and creation, music was first and foremost conceived as a tool to accompany artistic-religious practices or social and civic rituals. At the roots of this extraordinary symbolic-productive capacity of music lies the multisensory nature of sound, which enables the actualization of musical practice beyond the boundaries of hearing. Experimental literature has confirmed the multisensory nature of musical experience, showing how the perception of sound is influenced by information received from sight and touch.
To cite this article: Oliva, S., Di Stefano, N. and Velardi, A. (2025). Listening Beyond Hearing. Music and Multisensoriality. Nodes (25):16-22, Numero Cromatico Editore, Rome