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Biomusicology is the study of music from a biological point of view. The term was coined by Nils L. Wallin in 1991 to encompass several branches of music psychology and musicology, including evolutionary musicology, neuromusicology, and comparative musicology. Power of Music by Louis Gallait.
Evolutionary musicology is a subfield of biomusicology that grounds the cognitive mechanisms of music appreciation and music creation in evolutionary theory. It covers vocal communication in other animals, theories of the evolution of human music , and holocultural universals in musical ability and processing.
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Jan 1, 2021 · Definition. Evolutionary musicology is a subdiscipline of biomusicology, the study of music from a biological perspective, which embeds the psychological and physiological mechanisms of human music perception and production in the theory of biological evolution.
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Mar 3, 2015 · ‘Bio-musicology’ is the biological study of musicality in all its forms. Human ‘musicality’ refers to the set of capacities and proclivities that allows our species to generate and enjoy music in all of its diverse forms.
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Mar 19, 2015 · ‘Bio-musicology’ is the biological study of musicality in all its forms. Human ‘musicality’ refers to the set of capacities and proclivities that allows our species to generate and enjoy music in all of its diverse forms.
The book can be viewed as representing the birth of evolutionary biomusicology. What biological and cognitive forces have shaped humankind's musical behavior and the rich global repertoire of musical structures? What is music for, and why does every human culture have it? What are the universal features of music and musical behavior across ...
