Mudcat Café message #1381094

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Thread #77353 Message #1381094
Posted By: GUEST,Skeptic
17-Jan-05 - 10:03 PM
Thread Name: What are the oldest surviving tunes?
Subject: RE: What are the oldest surviving tunes?

Without written records, how do they know that any of those "ancient songs" have been sung "unchanged" for a thousand years?

Answer: they can't and don't.