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The memetics of music : a neo-Darwinian view of musical structure and culture
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- Creator
- Steven Jan
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 278 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0754655946, 9780754655947
- OCLC
- ocm77503974
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-268) and index.
- Introduction : biological and socio-cultural evolution -- Memory, replication and style : memes in music I -- Replicating sonorities, replicating hierarchies : memes in music II -- Evolutionary dynamics : the selfish musical meme -- Cumulative selection and the evolution of large-scale design in music -- Memetics and musical analysis : issues and methodologies -- Conclusion : towards the memetics of music