Music transcending culture

From The Smart Set: "In the current day, discussions of universals in music and other spheres of human culture must inevitably lead to a consideration of the expanding claims of neuroscience. Even casual music fans who pay little attention to trends in research have noticed this new state of affairs — as testified by huge sales of books such as Daniel Levitin's 'This Is Your Brain on Music' or Oliver Sacks' 'Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.' In truth, this is hardly a new field of study."