Spitzer M. The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth

Bloomsbury Publ., 2021. — 481 p. — ISBN 978-1-5266-0276-3.Музыкальный человек: история жизни на ЗемлеToday music fills our lives. How we have created, performed and listened to this music throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet music is an overlooked part of our origin story.
The Musical Human takes us on an exhilarating journey across the ages – from Bach to BTS and back – to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species. With insights from a wealth of disciplines, world-leading musicologist Michael Spitzer renders a global history of music on the widest possible canvas, looking at music in our everyday lives; music in world history; and music in evolution, from insects to apes, humans to AI.LIFE
Voyager
Cradle and All
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Imaginary Landscapes, Invisible Cities
HISTORY
Ice, Sand, Savannah and Forest
The Tuning of the West
Superpowers
Endgames
EVOLUTION
Animal
Human
Machine
Eleven Lessons on Music’s Nature