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The origins of music / edited by Nils L. Wallin, Bjorn Merker and Steven Brown

by Nils L. Wallin, Bjorn Merker, Steven Brown

An interdisciplinary examination of the biological and cognitive origins of musical behaviour and universal structures. The text investigates the evolution of the human vocal tract, brain localisation, and the role of acoustic communication in development.

Accession 27658 ISBN 0262232065 Publisher MIT Press
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