Description: The Musical Human : A History of Life on Earth - a BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'by Michael Spitzer Hardcover Cloth 470 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 2021 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species. 165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm.66 million years ago was the first melody.40 thousand years ago Homo sapiens created the first musical instrument. Today 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. Through this journey we begin to understand how music is central to the distinctly human experiences of cognition, feeling and even biology, both widening and closing the evolutionary gaps between ourselves and animals in surprising ways. The Musical Human boldly puts the case that music is the most important thing we ever did; it is a fundamental part of what makes us human.
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Signed By: NONE
Signed: No
Book Series: BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Type: HARDCOVER
Personalized: No
Features: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Musical Human : a History of Life on Earth-A Bbc Radio 4 'book of the Week'
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: Civilization, History & Criticism, Anthropology / General
Item Height: 1.5 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 27.9 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Michael Spitzer
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
