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Music presents sounds that are based on two primary origins: 1) the sounds heard by the fetus in the womb and 2) emotionally generated vocalizations, according to the theory of the emotional origins of music first proposed by David Teie. [33]
We will be looking at the very first type of music from proto-humans, and journeying up to the Renaissance period to see if any of these early types of music have been influential on the music of today, and how they influenced each other.
While cultural evolution will never explain all aspects of music, it offers a useful theoretical framework for understanding diversity and change in the world’s music.
The story of how humanity arrived at its current relationship with music is the subject of the Big Think interview with Spitzer above, in which he covers 40,000 years in 8 minutes: “from bone flutes to Beyoncé.”.
We will delve into the origins of music, its development in ancient civilizations, its transformation during the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, and its continual evolution in the modern era.
The evolution of music. How did music transform into what it is today? A brief journey through time, sound and rhythm.
Music, art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. Learn about the history of music and about theories of musical meaning since the 19th century.