Michael Spitzer

Author; professor of Music, Liverpool University

Professor of Music at Liverpool University in the U.K. and author of “The Musical Human, A History of Life on Earth“

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Sounds and rhythms are such an intrinsic part of our lives, it’s hard to imagine a world without music.

Why music is ‘our umbilical cord to Mother Nature’

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