What musical preferences depend on

Music can safely be called a universal language. Regardless of the language in which certain songs are sung, we want to listen to certain music for some reason, even if we don’t understand the meaning of the song at all.

Many scientists struggle with the following questions: what does a person’s musical taste depend on, why do some songs and music become “hackneyed” within a few years, while others are quickly forgotten. These same questions do not give rest and...