
Transported
The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams
Elizabeth Margulis(Author)
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published on 19. May 2026
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-324-09579-8 (ISBN)
Description
We've all had the experience: a song comes on, and suddenly we're not where we were. We're back in the past, or living out a future that never happened, or imagining a scene that never existed. In Transported, Elizabeth Margulis explores the phenomenon of musical daydreams-the vivid, spontaneous, emotionally redolent scenes, stories and memories we lapse into while listening to music-and argues that these everyday reveries offer a powerful and underappreciated window into how we think and feel. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, ethnography and revelations from her own teaching and research, Margulis debunks oversimplified myths and illuminates music's true potential to alleviate anxiety, reignite creativity and foster connection.
At a time when distraction dominates, Transported makes a powerful case for music as one of the last realms where the mind is still free to wander.
At a time when distraction dominates, Transported makes a powerful case for music as one of the last realms where the mind is still free to wander.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
W W Norton & Co Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-09579-8 (9781324095798)
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05/2026
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Elizabeth Margulis is professor of music and director of the Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University. Her book On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind won the Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.