- Series: Bradford Books
- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: A Bradford Book; New Ed edition (September 1, 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262731436
- ISBN-13: 978-0262731430
What biological and cognitive forces have shaped
humankind's musical behavior and the rich global repertoire of musical
structures? What is music for, and why does every human culture have it?
What are the universal features of music and musical behavior across
cultures? In this groundbreaking book, musicologists, biologists,
anthropologists, archaeologists, psychologists, neuroscientists,
ethologists, and linguists come together for the first time to examine
these and related issues. The book can be viewed as representing the
birth of evolutionary biomusicology -- the study of which will
contribute greatly to our understanding of the evolutionary precursors
of human music, the evolution of the hominid vocal tract, localization
of brain function, the structure of acoustic-communication signals,
symbolic gesture, emotional manipulation through sound, self-expression,
creativity, the human affinity for the spiritual, and the human
attachment to music itself.
Contributors: Simha Arom, Derek Bickerton, Steven Brown, Ellen Dissanayake, Dean Falk, David W. Frayer, Walter Freeman, Thomas Geissmann, Marc D. Hauser, Michel Imberty, Harry Jerison, Drago Kunej, François-Bernard Mâche, Peter Marler, Björn Merker, Geoffrey Miller, Jean Molino, Bruno Nettl, Chris Nicolay, Katharine Payne, Bruce Richman, Peter J.B. Slater, Peter Todd, Sandra Trehub, Ivan Turk, Maria Ujhelyi, Nils L. Wallin, Carol Whaling.
Contributors: Simha Arom, Derek Bickerton, Steven Brown, Ellen Dissanayake, Dean Falk, David W. Frayer, Walter Freeman, Thomas Geissmann, Marc D. Hauser, Michel Imberty, Harry Jerison, Drago Kunej, François-Bernard Mâche, Peter Marler, Björn Merker, Geoffrey Miller, Jean Molino, Bruno Nettl, Chris Nicolay, Katharine Payne, Bruce Richman, Peter J.B. Slater, Peter Todd, Sandra Trehub, Ivan Turk, Maria Ujhelyi, Nils L. Wallin, Carol Whaling.
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