Re: [asa] Music and Evolution

Here's my answer to the question, why can humans make music?

It comes from Johannes Kepler, who knew more about music than most
scientists--and more about the creator than most contemporary
"creationists". From his "Harmonies of the World," book 5, chap 7:

"Hence it is no longer a surprise that man, the ape of his creator [NB:
this is not a reference to evolution, but to our tendency to mimic or "ape"
God], should finally have discovered the art of singing polyphonically,
which was unknown to the ancients, namely in order that he might play the
everlastingness of all created time in some short part of an hour by means
of an artistic concord of many voices and that he might to some extent taste
the sweet satisfaction of God the Workman in his own works, in that very
sweet sense of delight elicited from this music which imitates God."

They don't do science like this anymore, do they? We're the poorer for
it.

ted

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Received on Wed Oct 11 10:31:13 2006