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What Is The Purpose Of Music?

MUSIC Posted: July 20, 2016 10:31 am

“Like language, music is organised, human-made sound that sprang up independently across early human cultures. Unlike language, however, music serves no obvious evolutionary purpose. So then why do we love it? And why is it so entwined with our emotions?”

MUSIC Published: 07.17.16

Read the story in Aeon Published: 07.17.16

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