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Posted By: mousethief
15-Jan-05 - 01:45 AM
Thread Name: What are the oldest surviving tunes?
Subject: RE: What are the oldest surviving tunes?

I believe the tune to "O Come O Come Emmanuel" is one of the oldest tunes we still have, coming as it does from the 8th or 9th century of the CE. (that's A.D. for you philistines)