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Zoomusicology (/ ˌ z oʊ ə m j uː z ɪ ˈ k ɒ l ə dʒ i /) is the study of the musical aspects of sound and communication as produced and perceived by animals. It is a field of musicology and zoology, and is a type of zoosemiotics.
What is zoomusicology? Zoomusicology is the study of the music-like aspects of sound communication among non-human animals. An interdisciplinary field, it draws on a variety of scientific, musicological, and philosophical methods of inquiry.
I suggest a provisional definition: zoömusicology is the human valorization and analysis of the aesthetic qualities of non-human animal sounds. The discipline of zoömusicology is a pioneer enterprise that requires pulling together concerns and methods from a number of areas as well as real expertise in several others.
Zoomusicology approaches “non-human animals” from the direction of human sciences, and music from the direction of biological sciences. Its basic innovation is the assertion that music is not an exclusively human phenomenon, but rather a zoologically-based one.
Hollis Taylor. Abstract: This article surveys zoömusicology, the study of music in animal culture. Discussing the field’s multidisciplinary intellectual history, its current state of research, and future opportunities and challenges, the article draws together ancient and recent literatures on human exceptionalism and the definition of music ...
Zoomusicology, which extends the musical phenomenon well beyond mankind. After a brief conceptual contextualization, we discuss the contemporary concept of Zoomusicology, as presented by the composer and musicologist François-Bernard Mâche. We argue that it is a field with enormous potential for rigorous
“Zoomusicology approaches nonhuman animals form the direction of human sciences” (p.7) Martinelli writes, “and music from the direction of biological sciences” (Ibid.). The statement is followed by an effort to coordinate different sciences in order to build a valid zoomusicological framework, that – by consequence – cannot but be ...
