
The Musical Human
A History of Life on Earth
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Daniel Levitin
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Michael Spitzer
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Bloomsbury presents The Musical Human by Michael Spitzer, read by Daniel Levitin.
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 throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet it 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, from global history to our everyday lives, from insects to apes, humans to artificial intelligence.
'Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music' Daniel Levitin
'A thrilling exploration of what music has meant and means to humankind' Ian Bostridge
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- 09-02-21
An almost unbelievably wonderful book.
I truly cannot praise this book highly enough. The subtitle, 'A History of Life on Earth', seems almost absurd until you get some way in but by the end makes perfect sense. The only 'problem' I had with it was not being able to read too much at once because it is so densely packed with mind-expanding revelations, thrilling insights and life-enhancing ideas that I frequently felt positively overwhelmed! And Michael Spitzer's writing style is, to my mind, superb. I'm well aware that this review will seem excessive and exaggerated to most but I'll be surprised if anyone with any interest in music doesn't find 'The Musical Human' extremely well worthwhile.
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