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Music history is the study of how music has evolved over time. Sites in this category cover the roots and origins of music, for example music from prehistoric times, including early songs accented by hand-clapping, the evolution of rhythmic, percussive instruments from stones, and the finding of thirty-thousand-year-old bone flutes in archaeological sites. With the onset of the Renaissance in ... [MORE]
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Ancient Greek Music
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Listen to music and fragments of melody by composers in Greece during the first century BC.
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Ancient Music Instruments
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Information about instruments, players and composers in Ancient Greece and Rome. Includes theory, the hydraulic organ, pan-pipes and army-music.
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Ancient Roman Music
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Description of the origins, notation and instruments used. Includes illustrations and charts of different modes.
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Roman Musical Instruments
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Simple descriptions with illustrations of the main instruments played in Ancient Rome.
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Ancient Greek Music on Papyrus
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Describes the musical notation found on papyri and includes audio samples of these melodies.
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Neanderthal Jam
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Article with photos about a flute made by Neanderthal people from the bone of a cave bear.
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Prehistoric Musical Instrument
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Information about the discovery of a set of prehistoric pipes in Ireland. Includes photographs and a discussion of how they were played.
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