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1. www.nature.com › articles › s41599/019/0221-1Cultural evolution of music | Humanities and Social Sciences ...

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   Feb 12, 2019 · Instead of genes, Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection contained three key requirements: (1) there must be variation among individuals; (2) variation must be inherited via...

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2. journals.sagepub.com › doi › fullMusic, social cohesion, and intercultural understanding: A ...

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   Mar 3, 2023 · As a multimodal activity that invites cognitive, emotional, social, and physical engagement, music provides an embodied and situated experience that is deeply intertwined with cultural traditions and attitudes ( DeNora, 2000 ).

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   How did music originate?

   • According to Trainor, adaptation and cultural transmission underlie the origins of music.

   Without it no music: cognition, biology and evolution of musicality

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   Does music have a role in cultural evolution?

   • As the previous section made clear, old assumptions about the roles of progress and genes in evolution have been discarded by modern cultural evolutionary scholars. Nevertheless, ethnomusicologists still often equate ideas about the cultural evolution of music with those of the early comparative musicologists.

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   Do music and language share a common ancestor?

   • Others think that music and language share a common ancestor. In University of Reading archaeologist Steven Mithen’s book The Singing Neanderthals, this ancestor is an ancient communication system bearing the onomatopoeic acronym “Hmmmmm” (Holistic, manipulative, multi-modal, musical and mimetic).

   Where Did Music Come From? Here Are the Leading Theories

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   Why is musical notation important in history?

   • Oral tradition has played a fundamental role in all ages, but in its formal sense, history--and the history of music--begins with the visual record. Musical notation, having emerged on a wide scale in all civilizations, produced in itself a highly individual record of artistic endeavor.

   Music History from Primary Sources | A Guide to the Moldenhauer

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4. www.musicnotes.com › blog › an-american-traditionAn American Tradition: The History of Country Music Influences

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   Apr 24, 2023 · The genre's roots in traditional folk music, which often featured narrative ballads and songs about everyday life, helped to establish storytelling as a central feature of country music.

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5. academic.oup.com › book › 509Music as culture | Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction ...

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   Each culture has a specific set of beliefs about the origins of music, its role and significance in society and culture, its proper performance, how it is classified and described, and how it is valued.

6. royalsocietypublishing.org › doi › 10Without it no music: cognition, biology and evolution of ...

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   Mar 19, 2015 · Introduction. Why do we have music? What is music for, and why does every human culture have it? Is it a uniquely human capability, as language is? Are some of its fundamental components present in non-human animals? What biological and cognitive mechanisms are essential for perceiving, appreciating and making music?

   • Author: Henkjan Honing, Carel ten Cate, Isabelle Peretz, Sandra E. Trehub

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7. www.discovermagazine.com › planet-earth › where-didWhere Did Music Come From? Here Are the Leading Theories

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   Jan 29, 2021 · (Credit: Erikacarreraph/Shutterstock) Newsletter. Look anywhere and you’ll find music. Without a single exception, every culture produces some form of it. Like language, it’s a universal trait in our species, and over the millennia it has bloomed into a diverse and stunning global symphony.

8. www.loc.gov › guide-to-archives › music-historyMusic History from Primary Sources | A Guide to the ...

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   In its primary sources, music merges with the representational arts. Oral tradition has played a fundamental role in all ages, but in its formal sense, history--and the history of music--begins with the visual record. Musical notation, having emerged on a wide scale in all civilizations, produced in itself a highly individual record of artistic ...