Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Book/essay publication: "Comparative musicology" + "Music is not a universal language..." From: esra mungan <esra.mungan@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:40:32 +0300This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01DCA66D.13AE7A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable couldn=E2=80=99t help doing a reply-to-all to this as well, = congratulations! this will surely help filling a huge gap regarding this = intricate issue. =F0=9F=8C=B1 best, esra =20 Esra Mungan, PhD Cognitive Psychology=20 Assoc. Prof. (left the institution as of Dec. 2024) <https://psychology.bogazici.edu.tr/content/esra-mungan> = https://psychology.bogazici.edu.tr/content/esra-mungan <https://universitybogazici.wordpress.com/> = https://universitybogazici.wordpress.com/=20 <https://www.direnenakademi.wordpress.com/> = https://www.direnenakademi.wordpress.com/=20 =20 =20 From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception = [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Patrick Savage Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 9:47 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: [AUDITORY] Book/essay publication: "Comparative musicology" + = "Music is not a universal language..." =20 Dear colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting), =20 I=E2=80=99m delighted to announce that my first book, Comparative = musicology: Evolution, universals, and the science of the = world=E2=80=99s music, was just published online by Oxford University = Press. It includes forewords from Psyche Loui (Society for Music = Perception and Cognition President) and Svanibor Pettan (International = Council for Traditions of Music and Dance Past President). I=E2=80=99ve = copied the book summary below. You can download it for free (open = access) at https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191872303.001.0001 - I=E2=80=99d = be grateful if you do!=20 =20 I also published an accessible summary with audio/video in Nature, = titled =E2=80=9CMusic is not a universal language - But it can bring us = together when words fail=E2=80=9D: = https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00565-1 [Un-paywalled PDF: = https://rdcu.be/e5gLE] <https://rdcu.be/e5gLE%5D> . =20 I hope you find these useful in your research and teaching! =E2=80=94 Book summary: Why do all human societies make music, but in such different ways? = Scientific attempts to answer this question through cross-cultural = comparison stalled during the 20th century and have only recently begun = to make a resurgence. =20 In this book, Patrick Savage, a leader in this resurgence synthesises = recent advances from musicology and related fields including psychology, = linguistics, computer science, and evolutionary anthropology to outline = ways to understand and compare all the world's music. He applies = comparative musicology to longstanding debates including universal and = culturally-specific aspects of human music; evolutionary relationships = between song, speech, and animal vocalisation; and applications to areas = including music copyright, 2nd language acquisition, social bonding, and = cultural heritage revitalisation. In doing so, he argues for an = inclusive, multidisciplinary field that uplifts traditionally = marginalised voices and combines the qualitative methods traditionally = employed by musicologists and cultural anthropologists with quantitative = methods from the natural sciences. =20 The book is accessibly written using over 50 figures/tables and an = interactive tutorial with audio examples, with each chapter designed to = be readable/teachable on its own. 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It includes forewords from Psyche Loui (Society for = Music Perception and Cognition President) and Svanibor Pettan = (International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance Past = President). I=E2=80=99ve copied the book summary below. You can download = it for free (open access) at <a = href=3D"https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191872303.001.0001">https://doi.org/1= 0.1093/9780191872303.001.0001</a> - I=E2=80=99d be grateful if you = do! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal;min-height: 15px'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>I also = published an accessible summary with audio/video in <i>Nature,</i> = titled =E2=80=9C<i>Music is not a universal language - But it can bring = us together when words fail</i>=E2=80=9D: <a = href=3D"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00565-1">https://www.n= ature.com/articles/d41586-026-00565-1</a> [Un-paywalled PDF: <a = href=3D"https://rdcu.be/e5gLE%5D">https://rdcu.be/e5gLE]</a>.<o:p></o:p><= /span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>I hope you = find these useful in your research and teaching!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'>=E2=80=94<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><b><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Book = summary</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><i><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Why do all = human societies make music, but in such different ways? Scientific = attempts to answer this question through cross-cultural comparison = stalled during the 20th century and have only recently begun to make a = resurgence.</span></i><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal;min-height: 15px'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><i><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>In this = book, Patrick Savage, a leader in this resurgence synthesises recent = advances from musicology and related fields including psychology, = linguistics, computer science, and evolutionary anthropology to outline = ways to understand and compare all the world's music. He applies = comparative musicology to longstanding debates including universal and = culturally-specific aspects of human music; evolutionary relationships = between song, speech, and animal vocalisation; and applications to areas = including music copyright, 2nd language acquisition, social bonding, and = cultural heritage revitalisation. In doing so, he argues for an = inclusive, multidisciplinary field that uplifts traditionally = marginalised voices and combines the qualitative methods traditionally = employed by musicologists and cultural anthropologists with quantitative = methods from the natural sciences.</span></i><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal;min-height: 15px'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-variant-caps: = normal;font-width: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: = auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: = normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: = normal;font-variant-position: normal;font-variant-emoji: = normal;font-feature-settings: normal;font-optical-sizing: = auto;font-variation-settings: normal'><i><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>The book = is accessibly written using over 50 figures/tables and an interactive = tutorial with audio examples, with each chapter designed to be = readable/teachable on its own. It is designed to be appreciated by = anyone from undergraduate students to senior professors, without = requiring any specialised background knowledge.</span></i><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica = Neue",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>=E2=80=94<br>Ng=C4=81 mihi / Regards / <span = style=3D'font-family:"MS = Gothic"'>=E3=82=88=E3=82=8D=E3=81=97=E3=81=8F=E3=81=8A=E9=A1=98=E3=81=84=E3= =81=97=E3=81=BE=E3=81=99</span><br>Dr. Patrick Savage = (he/him)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Director, = CompMusic Lab<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Rutherford = Discovery Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Auckland / Te = Kura M=C4=81tai Hinengaro, Waipapa Taumata Rau (Room = 302.349)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Associate = Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, = Keio University / <span style=3D'font-family:"MS = Gothic"'>=E6=85=B6=E6=87=89=E7=BE=A9=E5=A1=BE=E5=A4=A7=E5=AD=A6=E7=92=B0=E5= =A2=83=E6=83=85=E5=A0=B1=E5=AD=A6=E9=83=A8</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></d= iv></div></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01DCA66D.13AE7A40--