Prehistoric music
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Prehistoric music is a term in the history of music for all music produced in preliterate cultures, beginning somewhere in very late geological history. Prehistoric music is followed by ancient music
Entrance of Haua Fteah
The 7 bone flutes found in Eynan-Mallaha
Performance of Aboriginal song and dance in the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney
Buskers playing didgeridoos at Fremantle Markets, 2009
History of music
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Although definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal. The origins of music remain highly contentious; comm
Prehistoric music
…Prehistoric music (previously called primitive music) is a term in the history of music for all music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history. Prehistoric music is followed by…
The monumental Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng, c. 5th century BCE, from Hubei
Two musicians of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 CE), Shanghai Museum
The Bull Headed Lyre of Ur, found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, is the best known of the ancient Lyres of Ur
Terracotta statue of a Parthian lute player