The biology of music : interdisciplinary insights / edited by Andrea Ravignani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ravignani, Andrea, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Physiological aspects.

Music.

Human biology.

Music--Psychological aspects.

Music--Origin.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press USA, 2026.

Summary:

"This volume offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the biology of music; it approaches musicality as a biologically grounded yet culturally inflected human capacity. Bridging sciences, arts and humanities, the book brings together experts from ethology, genetics, evolutionary biology, developmental psychology, anthropology, neurobiology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and musicology. The aim is not to unify perspectives under a single explanatory framework, but to highlight how diverse biological disciplines can inform and enrich music research, especially when working collaboratively across disciplinary lines. Structured in three sections (on musicality in development and across species; the bio-cultural evolution of musicality; and hypotheses and models for its emergence) the volume discusses topics such as musical universals, musicking across species, ontogenetic development, systems evolution, evo-devo modeling, and the coevolution of music and other biocognitive traits. Contributions aim at balancing conceptual rigor with accessibility, making the book suitable for researchers, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates from a wide range of fields. As a timely synthesis, this work responds to growing calls for interdisciplinary work which requires a biologically informed musicology and a culturally literate biomusicology"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780197775073

9780197775080