The Prehistory Of Music
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Author |
: Iain Morley |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 464 |
Release |
: 2013-10-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191502095 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019150209X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Prehistory of Music by : Iain Morley
Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of fields, from neuroscience and psychology to ethnography, archaeology, and its own dedicated field, musicology. Despite the great contributions that these studies have made towards understanding musical behaviours, much remains mysterious about this ubiquitous human phenomenon—not least, its origins. In a ground-breaking study, this volume 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. Seeking to understand the true relationship between our unique musical capabilities and the development of the remarkable social, emotional, and communicative abilities of our species, it will be essential reading for anyone interested in music and human physical and cultural evolution.
Author |
: Gary Tomlinson |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 367 |
Release |
: 2015-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781935408659 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1935408658 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Million Years of Music by : Gary Tomlinson
What is the origin of music? In the last few decades this centuries-old puzzle has been reinvigorated by new archaeological evidence and developments in the fields of cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary theory. Starting at a period of human prehistory long before Homo sapiens or music existed, Tomlinson describes the incremental attainments that, by changing the communication and society of prehuman species, laid the foundation for musical behaviors in more recent times. He traces in Neandertals and early sapiens the accumulation and development of these capacities, and he details their coalescence into modern musical behavior across the last hundred millennia
Author |
: Iain Morley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 464 |
Release |
: 2013-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199234080 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199234086 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Prehistory of Music by : Iain Morley
This volume investigates the evolutionary origins of our musical abilities, the nature of music, and the earliest archaeological evidence for musical activities amongst our ancestors. It seeks to understand the relationship between our musical capabilities and the development of our social, emotional, and communicative abilities as a species.
Author |
: Lucie Rault |
Publisher |
: Abradale Press |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2000-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015049531919 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Musical Instruments by : Lucie Rault
Traces the evolution of musical instruments & their importance in different world cultures.
Author |
: Larry Birnbaum |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 475 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780810886384 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0810886383 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Before Elvis by : Larry Birnbaum
An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white artists of African-American styles long before rock 'n' roll appeared. This unique study ranges far and wide, highlighting not only the contributions of obscure but key precursors like Hardrock Gunter and Sam Theard but also the influence of celebrity performers like Gene Autry and Ella Fitzgerald. Too often, rock historians treat the genesis of rock 'n' roll as a bolt from the blue, an overnight revolution provoked by the bland pop music that immediately preceded it and created through the white appropriation of music till then played only by and for black audiences. In Before Elvis, Birnbaum daringly argues a more complicated history of rock's evolution from a heady mix of ragtime, boogie-woogie, swing, country music, mainstream pop, and rhythm-and-blues--a melange that influenced one another along the way, from the absorption of blues and boogies into jazz and pop to the integration of country and Caribbean music into rhythm-and-blues. Written in an easy style, Before Elvis presents a bold argument about rock's origins and required reading for fans and scholars of rock 'n' roll history.
Author |
: DK |
Publisher |
: Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 399 |
Release |
: 2019-12-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780241458310 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0241458315 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Music by : DK
Who wrote the first true "opera"? Why did jazz go Latin? And how did blues influence rock? Find out in the story of how music has shaped the world. Music has the ability to evoke the full spectrum of human emotions, irrespective of the listener's culture or nationality. This groundbreaking ebook examines that shared experience - from prehistory to the present. A compelling and richly illustrated narrative, Music explores the roots of all genres from the chants of the middle ages through the grandeur of the classical period to the modern rhythms of blues, jazz, hip-hop, and pop. Spectacular galleries display families of instruments from around the world, while special features showcase the evolution of key instruments, such as the piano and the violin, and profile iconic innovators as diverse as Mozart, George Gershwin, and David Bowie. Charting every musical revolution, from bone flutes to electronica and from jazz to hip-hop, this visually stunning history will hit the right note with you, whether you are into pop or rock or disco or rap, classical or opera.
Author |
: Bruce Haynes |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2007-07-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195189872 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195189876 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The End of Early Music by : Bruce Haynes
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Author |
: Michael Spitzer |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 481 |
Release |
: 2021-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781526602749 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1526602741 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Musical Human by : Michael Spitzer
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All About History 'Extraordinary range ... All the world and more is here' Evening Standard 165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm. 66 million years ago came the first melody. 40 thousand years ago Homo sapiens created the first musical instrument. Today music fills our lives. How we have created, performed and listened to music throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet it is an overlooked part of our origin story. The Musical Human takes us on an exhilarating journey across the ages – from Bach to BTS and back – to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species. With insights from a wealth of disciplines, world-leading musicologist Michael Spitzer renders a global history of music on the widest possible canvas, from global history to our everyday lives, from insects to apes, humans to artificial intelligence. 'Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music' Daniel Levitin 'A thrilling exploration of what music has meant and means to humankind' Ian Bostridge
Author |
: Miyuki Yoshikami |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 2020-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476635118 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476635110 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Japan's Musical Tradition by : Miyuki Yoshikami
What makes Japanese music sound Japanese? Each genre of Japan's pre-Western music (hogaku) morphed from the preceding one with singing at its foundation. In ancient Shinto prayers, words of power recited in a prescribed cadence communicated veneration and community needs to the divine spirit (kami). From the prayers, Japan's word-based music evolved into increasingly more sophisticated recitations with biwa, shamisen, and koto accompaniment. This examination reveals shortcomings in the typical interpretation of Japanese music from a pitch-based Western perspective and carefully explores how the quintessential musical elements of singing, instrumental accompaniment, scale, and format were transmitted from their Shinto inception through all of Japan's music. Japan's culture, with its unique iemoto system and teaching methods, served to exactly replicate Japan's music for centuries. Considering Japan's music in the context of its own culture, logic, and sources is essential to gaining a clear understanding and appreciation of Japan's music and dissipating the mystery of the music's "Japaneseness." Greater enjoyment of the music inevitably follows.
Author |
: Andrew Gant |
Publisher |
: Profile Books |
Total Pages |
: 591 |
Release |
: 2021-11-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781782833253 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1782833250 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Five Straight Lines by : Andrew Gant
'Fascinating ... Composer Andrew Gant is a masterful guide, introducing readers to the major players and key themes of an entrancing topic.' BBC History Magazine Whether you prefer Baroque or pop, Theremins or violins, the music you love and listen to shapes your world. But what shaped the music? Ranging across time and space, this book takes us on a grand musical tour from music's origins in prehistory right up to the twenty-first century. Charting the leaps in technology, thought and practice that led to extraordinary revolutions of music in each age, the book takes us through medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy and Jazz era America to reveal the rich history of music we still listen to today. From Mozart to McCartney, Schubert to Schoenberg, Professor Andrew Gant brings to life the people who made the music, their techniques and instruments, as well as the places their music was played, from sombre churches to rowdy taverns, stately courts to our very own homes.