How Musical Is Man? (Jessie and John Danz Lectures)
In How Musical Is Man?, John Blacking considers the place of music in human life and asks what it means to be musical. Drawing on an anthropological perspective, this concise volume connects musical expression with culture, society, and shared human experience.
About This Book
How Musical Is Man? explores the nature and meaning of musicality in human life.
John Blacking approaches music as a subject connected to culture, society, and human experience.
Presented as part of the Jessie and John Danz Lectures, the book offers a concise, lecture-based treatment of its central question.
It is suited to readers interested in music, anthropology, and the ways people create and understand musical expression.
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