Music, Language, and Human Evolution

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Bannan is a composer and choral conductor. After studying at Clare College, Cambridge, he taught music both at school and university level while embarking on research into aspects of singing and creativity arising from his work in education. He has published articles and book chapters on the potential of singing in the care of patients with Alzheimer's, the evolution of the singing voice, and the role of creativity in musical learning. He taught at theUniversity of Reading before taking up his current post at the University of Western Australia. Klappentext This book examines the potential role of musicality in human evolution and its consequences for human culture. Drawing on a growing research in archaeology, anthropology, psychology, and musicology, it illustrates the inter-disciplinary necessity of accounting for the phenomenon of human music-making.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Bannan
• Assisted by: Nicholas Bannan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.05.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9780199227341
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922734-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history