ISBN:
9780198786856
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 295 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
306.4842
Keywords:
Music Psychological aspects
;
Music Social aspects
;
Music Origin
;
Musical ability
;
Human evolution
;
Neurobiology
;
Musik
;
Evolution
;
Neurobiologie
;
Kommunikation
;
Musikerziehung
;
Musiktherapie
;
Seelenfriede
;
Musikanthropologie
Abstract:
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
