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Wallin, Nils Lennart was born on March 11, 1924 in Östersund, Jämtland, Sweden. Son of Eric and Anna Kristina (Lindholm) Wallin.
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Biomusicology: Neurophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Purposes of Music (Ex)
(Since the 1960s, Swedish musicologist Nils Wallin has bee...)
Since the 1960s, Swedish musicologist Nils Wallin has been exploring man's biological inheritance and its relationship to music. This book, the culmination of these many years of investigation, offers a musicological interpretation of recent r esearch in neurophysiology and paleobiology. A model of music as a natural system which serves as a foundation for the understanding of our musical mind, its capacity, and its phylogenetic roots is proposed. And a unified bio-socio-cultural field theory of music is presented. It is here argued that music creates structures which develop and grow in a manner not unlike the processes controlling the growth of organisms. Thus, music as a system is conditioned by biological microsystems, as well as superi or macrosystems of a more complex nature, such as the flow of consciousness and social, political, and economic systems-a natural synergetic system. Wallin's discourse encompasses-1) the musical consequences of cerebral functional asymmetry; 2) the h ierarchic and selective organization ofperceptual-cognitive auditory processes; 3) reticular-limbic responses to musical stimuli interpreted as synapse-modifying mechanisms for long-term motivation and learning, as well as for phylogentical learning; 4 ) the question of remnants or retentions with roots in the sound-gestures of other vertebrates of a higher order (and not solely the non-human primates) being active in the innermost structure of music; 5) vocalization techniques, e.g., the kölni ng technique of the late Paleolithic herding culture of Europe, as paleobiological retention; 6) the epistemological perspective of models of life-processes as discussed in recent scientific research. The paperback edition of 2008 reproduces the work first published in 1992.
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Nils Lennart Wallin
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Graduate, Norra Latin College, Stockholm, 1943. Postgraduate, Schola Cantorum and University Bale, Switzerland, 1947. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, University Uppsala, Sweden, 1953.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Gothenburg, Sweden, 1982.
Career
Music critic, Aftontidningen, Stockholm, 1947-1952;
rector, College Music, Ingesund, Sweden., 1952-1963;
director-general, Swedish Concert Institute, Stockholm, 1963-1970;
director-general, Stockholm Phil. Orchestra, Concert House Foundation, 1970-1976;
Research secretary, Royal Swedish Academy Music, Stockholm, 1980;
executive secretary international music county, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1982-1986;
research and lecturing activities, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, since 1986. Field expert United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Egypt, Syria, 1960-1962.
Consultant Swedish-Finnish Cultural Fund, 1971-1975, various Swedish government committees, 1963-1976. Vice president RoyalHigh School Music, Stockholm, 1973-1975.
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Biomusicology: Neurophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Purposes of Music (Ex)
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Biomusicology: Neurophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Purposes of Music (Ex)
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Member Royal Swedish Academy Music.
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Married Ulla-Britta Lundholm (divorced 1978). Children: Mârit, Jan, Karin, Magnus. Married Christa Maria Kanz.
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1943
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1947
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1953
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1982
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1947 - 1952
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1952 - 1963
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1963 - 1970
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1970 - 1976
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1982 - 1986
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1986
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Decorated Knight Order of North Star (Sweden). Recipient Musicology medal Harriet Cohen Foundation, 1955. Pour la Mérit de la Culture Government of Poland, 1969.Decorated Knight Order of North Star (Sweden). Recipient Musicology medal Harriet Cohen Foundation, 1955. Pour la Mérit de la Culture Government of Poland, 1969.