Steven Jan, Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music (Open Book Publishers, 2022), xxxiii + 773 pp., ISBN: 978-1-80064-735-0

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Review: Steven Jan, Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music (Open Book Publishers, 2022), xxxiii + 773 pp., ISBN: 978-1-80064-735-0

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Riccardo Wanke, Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares / CEIS20 Universidade de Coimbra

Riccardo D. Wanke, author of the book Sound in the Ecstatic-Materialist Perspective on Experimental Music (Routledge, 2021), is Professor at the University of Coimbra (FLUC) and Scientific Coordinator of the group ‘Artistic Practices: Imagination, Materialities, and Transitions’ at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20). With PhDs in musicology (2013–9) and chemistry (2006–10), his research bridges music theory, cognition, aesthetics, and morphogenetic studies. A former multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music editor (since 2004), he has published over fourty-five works and released/performed music internationally. His work connects cognitive psychology and musicology, focusing on electronic sound and interdisciplinary collaboration across the arts and sciences.

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2025-10-28

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Wanke, R. (2025). Steven Jan, Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music (Open Book Publishers, 2022), xxxiii + 773 pp., ISBN: 978-1-80064-735-0. Portuguese Journal of Musicology, 10(2), 351–354. Retrieved from https://rpm-ns.pt/index.php/rpm/article/view/507

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2023)

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Reviews: Books

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