Music receives the Nobel Prize of Biology Authors Rafael Abós-Herràndiz CAP Carles I, Institut Català de la Salut (ICS), Atenció Primària de Salut, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya Dolors Vaqué Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona (ICM), Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques (CSIC) Keywords: biology, music, Nobel Prize. Abstract From music in mediaeval times with the ancient troubadours, through the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Romanticism and the Post-Romanticism to 20th century nationalist music, nature is present from both an aesthetical, descriptive standpoint and indeed in terms of its functional component in the way it forges interplay with ecology, biology, medicine and psychology. In a widespread, prolific fashion, the titles of musical works and music itself have been linked to certain topics associated with nature, regardless of their composer. In light of this, rather than identifying a particular work or composer to award them a Nobel Prize in Biology for their contribution as a whole, it would appear to be more pertinent for the prize to be awarded to music and its composers collectively.Keywords: biology, music, Nobel Prize. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue Vol. 68: (2017-2018) Section Destacats de recerca License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the SCB (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the SCB for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the SCB for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the SCB when submitting articles. — The SCB is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
