Re: [microsound] state of beauty

[michael trommer <trommer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> wrong... 'harmony' as we know it was not a concept around at the time
> of the music cited in the earlier post  (1000 years ago).

hmm...in an earlier post i thought you mentioned that this was impossible to
be certain about this ? i'm curious as to what you're basing this on ?

in any case...some would appear to disagree:

"Bruce Richman argues that both (music and language) originated in
collective repetition of formulaic sequences; and Björn Merker suggests that
synchronous chorusing was a key adaptation in human evolution. "
(re. 'The Origins of Music'
Nils L. Wallin, Björn Merker + Steven Brown (editors)
The MIT Press 2000 )

> This argument is a dead end... other than a vehicle
> to express anti academic sentiments and sweeping generalities...

well...i prefer to think of music as a general social mechanism that exists
largely outside of the sphere of academia ...this coming from someone who
has experienced it (musical academia) directly.


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