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steve t The World's Oldest Folk Song? (57* d) Oldest folk 06 May 98


Dulcimer asked when music started getting written down. Does anyone know the following trivia:

Oldest record of singing

Oldest lyrics that have always been sung

Oldest non-ceremonial / non-professional (ie folk) song

Oldest folk song for which we still know tune

The age of that prehistoric flute they found with a modern 7 note scale.


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