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Old 04-23-2013, 07:14 PM   #109 (permalink)
Stephen
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic View Post
Perhaps you and I were motivated by the same question; what are the earliest discernable roots of European folk music ?
Not a nomination and not European but I thought you might be interested in this.

Hurrian Songs
The Oldest Song in the World

musical notation on clay tablets from Syria dated to around 1400 BC

and this



based on tablets from Syria (I imagine they are the same tablets but in the notes on YouTube they claim they were dated to 3400 BC. I think they meant to say 3400 years ago.).
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