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Author: Nat Breiting
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Host Nat Breiting makes their way through the fascinating history of music, learning things from the paleolithic era to modern day. Focusing on unheard people groups and learning as we go, Free the Music is music education: for free.
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What is the oldest known piece of music? - history. (n.d.). Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-oldest-known-piece-of-music
Ancient Egyptian music - facts for kids. History for kids. (2020, January 4). Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://www.historyforkids.net/egyptian-music.html
Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, November 23). Music of egypt. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Egypt
Draffkorn Kilmer, .Anne"The Musical Instruments from Ur and Ancient Mesopotamian Music" Expedition Magazine 40.2 (1998): n. pag. Expedition Magazine. Penn Museum, 1998 Web. 04 Feb 2023 <http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/?p=5425>
Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, January 10). Hurrian songs. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrian_songs
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Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, February 5). Music of china. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_China**
The didgeridoo and aboriginal culture. Aboriginal Art & Culture Alice Springs Australia. (n.d.). Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://www.aboriginalart.com.au/didgeridoo/what_is.html
Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, December 3).
Indigenous Music of Australia. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_Australia
Ravanhatha the musical instrument - आथुन. Aathun. (2021, April 16). Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://aathun.com/instruments/ravanhatha-the-musical-instrument/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpxN2VXPMLc
Ancient Chinese Instruments - Fernald, Helen E. (Dec 1926). Retrieved February 7, 2023, from https://www.penn.museum/sites/journal/1401/
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divje_Babe_flute
Hogenboom, M. (2013, December 20). Neanderthals could speak like modern humans, study suggests. BBC News. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25465102
Fuller-Wright, L. (2017, October 12). Uncovering the sound of 'Motherese,' Baby talk across languages. Princeton University. Retrieved February 22, 2022, from https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/10/12/uncovering-sound-motherese-baby-talk-across-languages
National Museum of Slovenia (n.d.). Neanderthal flute. NMS. Retrieved February 26, 2022, from https://www.nms.si/en/collections/highlights/343-Neanderthal-flute
Unknown. (n.d.). Male harp player of the early Spedos type (Getty Museum). The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10949/unknown-maker-male-harp-player-of-the-early-spedos-type-cycladic-2700-2300-bc/
The Irish Times, U. (2013, February 23). Wicklow Pipes Bronze Age Music. The Irish Times. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/wicklow-pipes-bronze-age-music-1.1207382
Prehistoric flute in Germany is oldest known. Phys.org. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://phys.org/news/2009-06-prehistoric-flute-germany-oldest.html
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Check out the website www.ftmpod.com for Transcripts, notes and bonus content *coming soon.
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Free the Music is a free music history podcast coming February 16, 2023.
Find me on Facebook at Free the Music Podcast, on Twitter or Ko-Fi at @freethemusicpod. patreon.com/freethemusicpod
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