Origin of music/Bibliography

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• Perlovsky L (2010). "Musical emotions: functions, origins, evolution". Phys Life Rev 7 (1): 2-27. DOI:10.1016/j.plrev.2009.11.001. PMID 20374916. Research Blogging. ^[e]

Provides an overview on existing theories of the origin of music, focusing on the interplay between music and emotion.

Interesting discussion with contributions from multiple perspectives, though some of the major voices are missing.

• Rinaldi A (2009). "Speak to me, melody. Music's biological roots and its relationships with language under scrutiny". EMBO Rep 10 (12): 1294-7. DOI:10.1038/embor.2009.241. PMID 19949409. PMC PMC2799200. Research Blogging. ^[e]

A cursory overview about research into the origin of music and its links to the origin of speech, as well as potential genetic contributions to music perception and production and to related brain disorders. An aspect that is missing is comparative data from other species.

• Fitch, W. T. (2008), "Glossogeny and phylogeny: cultural evolution meets genetic evolution", Trends in Genetics 24 (8): 373–374, DOI:10.1016/j.tig.2008.05.003
• McDermott, J. (2008). "The evolution of music". Nature 453 (7193): 287-288. DOI:10.1038/453287a. Research Blogging.

• Jarvis, E.D. (2007). "Neural systems for vocal learning in birds and humans: a synopsis". Journal of Ornithology 148: 35-44. DOI:10.1007/s10336-007-0243-0. Research Blogging.

• Fitch, W.T. (2006). "The biology and evolution of music: A comparative perspective". Cognition 100 (1): 173-215. DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2005.11.009. Research Blogging.

• Jarvis, E.D. (2006). "Selection for and against vocal learning in birds and mammals". Ornithological Science 5 (1): 5-14. DOI:10.2326/osj.5.5. Research Blogging.

• Bachner-Melman, R.; C. Dina & A.H. Zohar et al. (2005), "AVPR1a and SLC6A4 Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Creative Dance Performance", PLoS Genet 1 (3): e42, DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.0010042 ^[e]
• Hauser, M.D.; McDermott, J. (2003). "The evolution of the music faculty: a comparative perspective". Nat Neurosci 6 (7): 663-8. DOI:10.1038/nn1080. Research Blogging.

• Nils L. Wallin, Björn Merker, and Steven Brown (Editors) (2000). The Origins of Music. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-23206-5. 

• Janik, V.M.; Slater, P.J.B. (2000). "The different roles of social learning in vocal communication". Animal Behaviour 60 (1): 1-11. DOI:10.1006/anbe.2000.1410. Research Blogging.

• Fitch, W.T. (2000). "The evolution of speech: a comparative review". Trends in Cognitive Sciences 4 (7): 258-267. DOI:10.1016/S1364-6613(00)01494-7. Research Blogging.

• Janik, V.M.; Slater, P.J.B. (1997). "Vocal learning in mammals". Advances in the Study of Behavior 26: 59-99.

• Hewes, G.W. (1973). "Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language". Current Anthropology 14 (1/2): 5. DOI:10.1086/201401. Research Blogging.

• Nottebohm, F. (1972). "The Origins of Vocal Learning". The American Naturalist 106 (947): 116. DOI:10.1086/282756. Research Blogging.

• Koehler, O. (1951). "Der Vogelgesang als Vorstufe von Musik und Sprache". Journal of Ornithology 93 (1): 3-20. DOI:10.1007/BF02007606. Research Blogging.

• Streffer, W. (2003). Magie der Vogelstimmen. Stuttgart: Verlag Freies Geistesleben. ISBN 3-772-52240-8. 

• Stresemann, E. (1947). "Baron von Pernau, pioneer student of bird behavior". Auk 64: 35-52.

• Stresemann, E. (1925). "Beiträge zu einer Geschichte der deutschen Vogelkunde". Journal of Ornithology 73 (4): 594-628. DOI:10.1007/BF01906224. Research Blogging.

• MacDowell, E. (1912). Critical and Historical Essays, ed. by WJ Baltzell. Boston/New York: Stanhope Press. 

• Spencer, H. (1891). "On the origin of music". Mind 16 (64): 535-537.

• Clark, X. (1879). "Animal Music, its Nature and Origin". American Naturalist 13 (4): 209. DOI:10.1086/272315. Research Blogging.

• Darwin, C. (1871). The descent of man, and sexual selection in relation to sex. London: Murray. 

• Spencer, H. (1857). "The origin and function of music". Fraser’s Magazine 56: 396-408.

• Gardiner, W. (1832). The Music of Nature; or, An Attempt to Prove what is Passionate and Pleasing in the Art of Singing, Speaking, and Performing upon musical instruments, is derived from the Sounds of The Animated World. With Curious Illustrations. London: Longman, Rees et al. / Leicester: T. Combe and Son; and A. Cockshaw.