A discussion of the evidence of musical behaviours during the Upper Palaeolithic (~50,000-12,000 BP). What can we deduce about prehistoric musical instruments, musical practices, and the broader cultural context in which they occurred?
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The Prehistory of Music (Iain Morley)
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The Sounds of Silence: Cross-World Communication and the Auditory Arts in African Societies (Philip Peek)
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Driving Bison and Blackfoot Science (Chantelle Marlor / Russel Barsh)
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A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity (Gary Tomlinson)
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Culture and the Course of Human Evolution (Gary Tomlinson)
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Music in Renaissance Magic (Gary Tomlinson)
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Words and the Dogon World (Geneviève Calame-Griaule)
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La Dimension Sonore des Grottes Ornées (Iegor Reznikoff & Michel Dauvois)
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Ritual, History, and Power (Maurice Bloch)
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Human Society as a Consequence of Human Imagination (Maurice Bloch)
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How Musical is Man? (John Blacking)
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Bayaka women sing in the forest [ Ссылка ]
Bayaka Bobé spirits calling [ Ссылка ]
Musical Instruments from Prehistory: the Paleolithic [ Ссылка ]
Bayaka Music [ Ссылка ]
Peul girl singing while crushing millet [ Ссылка ]
Blind Haitian singer [ Ссылка ]
San mouth bow performance (Botswana 1972) [ Ссылка ]
Mbuti mouth bow [ Ссылка ]
Akele mouth bow [ Ссылка ]
Punu (Bwiti) mouth bow [ Ссылка ]
Kalumbu song (by Chris Haambwiila, perf. 2008) [ Ссылка ]
Lolo mouth bow (Simon Winsé) [ Ссылка ]
Berimbau Solo (Naná Vasconcelos, 1983) [ Ссылка ]
Berimbau - Astrud Gilberto [ Ссылка ]
Mbuti flute duet [ Ссылка ]
Rock gong in Nubia [ Ссылка ]
Human Resonance: Lithophones of Gobustan (rock gong) [ Ссылка ]
Stalactite percussion [ Ссылка ]
The Great "Stalacpipe Organ" [ Ссылка ]
Joseph Kingma perf. Bach/Busoni - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [ Ссылка ]
Cave field recordings (Fernand Deroussen - Naturophonia: Ambiances de sous la terre) [ Ссылка ]
Yupik Seal Dance [ Ссылка ]
Indjalarrgu - Aboriginal Songs From The Northern Territory [ Ссылка ]
"An Historical Album of Blackfoot Indian Music" (Smithsonian Folkways) [ Ссылка ]
Nuits des Cevennes (Marc Namblard)
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Si Ta Ra Ma (Don Cherry)
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Voodoo ceremony [ Ссылка ]
Additional Freesound audio files by: Ryding (footsteps in grass), YleArkisto (Wolves Howling), Sonic-ranger (bullroarer), Felix Blume (Men shouting/calling), Sandyrb (native flute figure), Reinsamba (fire), Alienistcog (ruler twang), Schoggimousse (water in caves), Digifishmusic (rainforest morning chorus), JollityFarm (traffic), Polarkin (recorder)
Narration/recording/sound design: Daniel Cioccoloni
All clips are used for educational purposes & their use is protected under fair use.
