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Why Music?

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2009-01-05 22:35

Why Music? is the title of an article in the December 20th 2008 issue of "The Economist," p.41. It is very thought provoking and (probably) insightful.

Among mentions:
Musicality may be genetic.
Making music is sexy!
There is a strong interaction between language, music and dance.
Music may be more fundamental than language; and is learned by an entirely different process.
Competent playing and composing takes a lot of work. It is a costly way to get sexy.
Human kind is not the only species that is musical; female birds are fastidious music critics!

I think most of us would enjoy reading this article.

Bob Phillips

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