The Key to Music’s Genetics: Why Music is Part of Being HumanChristian Lehmann brings his experience as a musicologist, singer and academic to this fascinating journey through the origins of music and its role in human development, culture and society. Few books on music are as rewarding as this one. Technical terms are clearly described in a way that appeals to both the musically well-informed and the musically inexperienced. Well-chosen examples and amusing asides help to make this a highly informative and extremely readable book – a must for anyone interested in the development of music and how integral it is to the human condition. |
Contents
Musical Nature Lento | 1 |
Lullaby in the Savannah | 30 |
II | 47 |
Music and Person Espressivo | 89 |
Music and Healing | 97 |
Does Mozart Make You Smart? | 105 |
Adorno and the Consequences | 112 |
Turning On and Turning | 118 |
IV | 127 |
Notes | 145 |
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Common terms and phrases
ability absolute pitch acoustic Adorno ancient Greece animals art music artistic audience aulos Aurignacian baby beat Berlin biological birds brain called child choir classical communication composed context created dance Darwin developed Eduard Hanslick effects of music emotional especially ethology everyday evolution evolutionary evolutionary psychology expression flute folk music German goosebumps harmony hearing Hohle Fels human musicality language listening to music lullaby male means melody modern mother movement Mozart music education music theory music therapy Musica universalis musical behavior musical bow musical culture musical instrument musicians nature Neubeuern opera origin Paul Potts perception performance piano piece pitch play pop music popular music psychologist receptive music therapy recognize relationship repertoire rhythm rhythmic ritual role scientific signal similar singers singing social society song sound speak speech Steven Pinker string sung Swabian Alps synchronization teachers tone tradition twentieth century vocal voice Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart