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The Musical Human A History of Life on Earth

Paperback • 2022 • English

The Musical Human A History of Life on Earth

By Michael Spitzer

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About the book

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All About History 'Extraordinary range ... All the world and more is here' Evening Standard 165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm. 66 million years ago came 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 music thr...Show more

Theory of music and musicology
History of music
Musicians, singers, bands and groups

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9781526602787

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

The Musical Human A History of Life on Earth

Format

Paperback

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