Theorizing music evolution : Darwin, Spencer, and the limits of the human /

"Theorizing Music Evolution is a critical examination of ideas about musical origins, emphasizing both nineteenth-century theories of music in the evolutionist writings of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer. What did historical evolutionists such as Darwin and Spencer have to say about music? W...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Piilonen, Miriam (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:	Oxford studies in music theory.
Subjects:	Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Criticism and interpretation. Spencer, Herbert, > 1820-1903 > Criticism and interpretation. Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 Spencer, Herbert, > 1820-1903 Music > Origin. Evolution. Musique > Origines. Évolution. Theory. Instruction & Study. MUSIC. History. SCIENCE. Evolution Music > Origin Music. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Music and evolution revisited
Herbert Spencer writes to Alfred Tennyson
Charles Darwin vs. Herbert Spencer on the origins of music
Sound symbolism in Spencer's evolutionary thought
The Darwinian musical hypothesis
Edmund Gurney's Darwinian music formalism
Conclusion: Post-Darwinian music theory.