Subject: Special Issue of Philosophical Transactions B on musicality! From: Henkjan Honing <honing@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:50:39 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_88C19BC4-3326-47FF-AD54-0A5DE7160094 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Biology, cognition and origins of musicality Issue compiled and edited by Henkjan Honing, Carel ten Cate, Isabelle = Peretz and Sandra E. Trehub Many studies of the evolution of music concern the question of what = defines music. Can birdsong, the song structure of humpback whales, a = Thai elephant orchestra, or the interlocking duets of gibbons be = considered music? In trying to answer this question, it is important to = separate the notions of =E2=80=98music=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98musicality=E2= =80=99. Musicality can be defined as a natural, spontaneously developing = trait based on and constrained by biology and cognition. Music, by = contrast, is a social and cultural construct based on that very = musicality. This theme issue tries to provide a characterization of the = constituent mechanisms of musicality and the extent to which they are = present in nonhuman species.=20 = http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/biology-cognition-and-origi= ns-musicality = <http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/biology-cognition-and-orig= ins-musicality> <http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1664> [1] = http://www.uva.nl/en/news-events/news/uva-news/content/press-releases/2015= /01/in-search-of-the-origins-of-musicality.html = <http://www.uva.nl/en/news-events/news/uva-news/content/press-releases/201= 5/01/in-search-of-the-origins-of-musicality.html> . --Apple-Mail=_88C19BC4-3326-47FF-AD54-0A5DE7160094 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> </head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><font color=3D"#797979" face=3D"Calibri" = class=3D""><b class=3D""><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: monospace;" class=3D"">Biology, cognition and origins = of </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">musicality</span></b><br style=3D"color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D""><br style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D""><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D"">Issue compiled and edited by = Henkjan Honing, Carel ten Cate, Isabelle Peretz and</span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">Sandra E. Trehub</span><br style=3D"color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D""><br style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D""><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D"">Many studies of the evolution of = music </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">concern the question of what defines</span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">music. Can birdsong, the song </span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D"">structure of humpback whales, a Thai elephant</span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">orchestra, or the </span><span style=3D"color:= rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D"">interlocking duets of = gibbons be considered music? In trying to</span><span style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D""> </span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D"">answer </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: monospace;" class=3D"">this question, it is important to = separate the notions of =E2=80=98music=E2=80=99 and</span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">=E2=80=98musicality=E2=80=99. Musicality can be = defined as a natural, spontaneously </span><span style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D"">developing</span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">trait based on and constrained by biology and = cognition. </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">Music, by contrast, is a</span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">social and cultural construct based on = that </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">very musicality. This theme issue</span><span = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">tries to provide a characterization = of</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" = class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">the constituent mechanisms of = musicality</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D""> </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: monospace;" class=3D"">and the extent to which = they </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = monospace;" class=3D"">are present in nonhuman = species. </span></font></div><div class=3D""><font color=3D"#797979" = face=3D"Calibri" class=3D""><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: monospace;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font></div><div class=3D""><font color=3D"#797979" = face=3D"Calibri" class=3D""><div class=3D"" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Courier;"><font color=3D"#797979" face=3D"Calibri" = class=3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><a = href=3D"http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/biology-cognition-a= nd-origins-musicality" = class=3D"">http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/biology-cognitio= n-and-origins-musicality</a></span></font></div><div class=3D""><font = color=3D"#797979" face=3D"Calibri" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></font></div></font></div><div class=3D""><font = color=3D"#797979" face=3D"Calibri" class=3D""><span style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: monospace;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font></div><div class=3D""><font color=3D"#797979" = face=3D"Calibri" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font></div><div class=3D""><div = class=3D"pane-highwire-issue-cover panel-pane"> =20 =20 =20 <div class=3D"pane-content"> <div class=3D"cover-issue"><div class=3D"cover-issue-image"><a = href=3D"http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1664" = class=3D""><img = src=3D"http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/sites/default/files/styles/m= edium/public/1664.cover-source.jpg?itok=3DlfbcmJA4" = class=3D""></a></div></div> </div></div></div><div class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-family: = Calibri; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></div><span style=3D"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(121, = 121, 121); font-family: Calibri; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; = widows: 2;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span>[1] <a = href=3D"http://www.uva.nl/en/news-events/news/uva-news/content/press-relea= ses/2015/01/in-search-of-the-origins-of-musicality.html" = class=3D"">http://www.uva.nl/en/news-events/news/uva-news/content/press-re= leases/2015/01/in-search-of-the-origins-of-musicality.html</a><div = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(121, 121, 121); = font-family: Calibri; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></div><div class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-family: = Calibri; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" = class=3D"">.</span><br class=3D""><div apple-content-edited=3D"true" = class=3D""><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgb(121, 121, 121); font-family: = Calibri; font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br = class=3D""></p></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_88C19BC4-3326-47FF-AD54-0A5DE7160094--