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A comprehensive overview of the origins, development and diversity of music across cultures and periods. Learn about the theories, evidence and influences of music from prehistory to the present day.
14 lut 2018 · Music is a fascinating topic for evolutionary theory, natural philosophy, and narrative construction: music is a highly valued feature of all known living cultures, pervading many aspects of daily life, playing many roles. And music is ancient.
12 lut 2019 · I draw on recent advances in the scientific understanding of cultural evolution to clarify persistent misconceptions about the roles of genes and progress in musical evolution, and review ...
Watch videos of experts and artists exploring how music has changed over time and across cultures. Learn about the role of architecture, emotion, sampling and record collecting in shaping the musical heritage.
Learn about the methods, topics, and sources of music history, a subfield of musicology that studies the notated music of Western elites. Explore the history of music from the Middle Ages to the present, with examples of composers, styles, and genres.
24 paź 2013 · This book brings together evidence from these fields, and more, in investigating the evolutionary origins of our musical abilities, the nature of music, and the earliest archaeological evidence for musical activities amongst our ancestors.
15 maj 2024 · In a new study, researchers found universal features of songs across many cultures, suggesting that music evolved in our distant ancestors.
