Music, evolution, and the harmony of souls /
Music is central to human cultural and intellectual experience. It is vitally important for the welfare of human society and - this book argues - should become more widely accepted in our community as a mainstream educational and therapeutic tool. This book explores the importance of music throughou...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Music is central to human cultural and intellectual experience. It is vitally important for the welfare of human society and - this book argues - should become more widely accepted in our community as a mainstream educational and therapeutic tool. This book explores the importance of music throughout human evolution, and its continued relevance to modern-day human society. Throughout, the emphasis is on the origin of music and how (and where) it is processed in our brains, exploring in detail the genetic and cultural evolution of modern, loquacious humans, how we may have evolved with unique neural and cognitive architecture, and why two complementary but distinct communication systems - language and music - remain a human universal. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191090486 0191090484 9780191090493 0191090492 9780191838736 019183873X |