Episode 05: Why Do We Like the Music That We Like?

Cadence Podcast: What Music Tells us About the Mind

Is there music that is considered universally great? Why do some composers from 18th century European countries still sell out concert halls hundreds of years later, while most of their contemporaries have been forgotten? Is their music really that much better? Or have we convinced ourselves that it’s better because we know that we're supposed to like it?