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4 days ago · The music of prehistoric cultures is first firmly dated to c. 40,000 BP of the Upper Paleolithic by evidence of bone flutes, though it remains unclear whether or not the actual origins lie in the earlier Middle Paleolithic period (300,000 to 50,000 BP).
4 days ago · Ethnomusicology (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos ‘nation’ and μουσική mousike ‘music’) is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context, investigating social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions involved other than sound.
2 days ago · Evolutionary musicology concerns the "origins of music, the question of animal song, selection pressures underlying music evolution", and "music evolution and human evolution". It seeks to understand music perception and activity in the context of evolutionary theory.
5 days ago · For the establishment of his envisioned discipline as a science, the impact of a heretofore less-acknowledged model seems crucial: the evolutionary theories extant in 1870s Germany and Austria.
2 days ago · Encompassing much more than music history, the Musicology Program at Northwestern approaches music as a social activity shaped by aesthetic movements and intellectual theories – in essence, the humanistic study of music in culture.
2 days ago · May 25, 2024, 1:48 AM ET (New York Times) African Music to the World. African music, the musical sounds and practices of all indigenous peoples of Africa, including the Berber in the Sahara and the San and Khoikhoin in Southern Africa.
May 28, 2024 · Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music. Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts. 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2405. Phone: 847-491-7575 Music Admission and Financial Aid: musiclife@northwestern.edu
