The musical human : a history of life on Earth

The Resource The musical human : a history of life on Earth
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The musical human : a history of life on Earth
Title remainder
a history of life on Earth
Statement of responsibility
Michael Spitzer
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Language
eng
Summary
  • Examines music in our everyday lives, music in world history, and music in evolution. -- Provided by publisher
  • 165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm. 66 million years ago was the first melody. 40 thousand years ago Homo sapiens created the first musical instrument. Today music fills our lives. How we have created, performed, and listened to this music throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet music is an overlooked part of our origin story. The Musical Human takes us on an exhilarating journey across the ages--from Bach to BTS and back--to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species. With insights from a wealth of disciplines, world-leading musicologist Michael Spitzer renders a global history of music on the widest possible canvas, looking at music in our everday lives; music in world history; and music in evolution, from insects to apes, humans to AI. Through this journey we begin to understand how music is central to the distinctly human experiences of cognition, feeling, and even biology, both widening and closing the evolutionary gaps between ourselves and animals in surprising ways. The Musical Human boldly puts the case that music is the most important thing we ever did; it is a fundamental part of what makes us human. --
Assigning source
From dust jacket
Cataloging source
UKMGB
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Target audience
general
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