History Of Love Songs

History of love songs Charles Darwin was the first notable scientist to put forth the argument that the capacity for music evolved in humans precisely for the purpose of writing love songs — like a very elaborate, harmonic peacock tail. In observing the... More

History of love songs Charles Darwin was the first notable scientist to put forth the argument that the capacity for music evolved in humans precisely for the purpose of writing love songs — like a very elaborate, harmonic peacock tail. In observing the songs of various songbirds, he decided that we’re doing the same thing, basically showing off to get a mate. For many years, this theory was not taken seriously. First of all, monkeys don’t really sing much. They prefer howling, which is decidedly un-romantic. And second, most early musical traditions we know about are group-based, rather than couple-based (think drum circles or chanting), so music probably had more to do with group cohesion than romantic love. Today, we tend to think of most modern love songs as having their roots in the courtly love songs of the troubadours of the Medieval and Rennaissance Eras. This was the age of chivalry and gallant knights courting damsels in distress, of wandering minstrels and bawdy ballads sung Less