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Sep 9, 1999 · There are over a hundred musical examples, illustrating all chapters except the last, and all based on original sources. Volumes 1 and 2 together offer a major survey of English musical history by a single author.
The oldest discovered musical instruments in the world (flutes made of bones and mammoth ivory) are over 40,000 years old. But instruments and song may be far, far older. In his book The Descent Of Man, Charles Darwin wondered whether our language abilities had started with singing, and if that was the reason for our pleasure in music.
Nov 28, 1991 · The Oxford History of English Music will survey in two volumes the whole field of music by English composers. This first volume begins with the settlement of the North German peoples and the cultivation of church music following the mission of St Augustine in 597.
4 days ago · Have you ever wondered how music began? How did humans first start making sounds and rhythms that felt good and brought people together? Let’s take a journey back in time and explore the early beginnings of music and how music evolved over time. The Dawn of Music. Music is as old as humanity itself.
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Jun 20, 2017 · How did music begin? Did our early ancestors first start by beating things together to create rhythm, or use their voices to sing? What types of instruments did they use?
Jun 19, 2017 · But there seems to be no form of religion, to use that word in its widest sense, that does not attract music to its practices. And here, we have another conflict, again that between music and speech. Schönberg’s “invention” of Sprechgesang, an interface between speech and music, was nothing new.
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Jun 20, 2017 · How did music begin? Did our early ancestors first start by beating things together to create rhythm, or use their voices to sing? What types of instruments did they use?
