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Music Is Truly a Universal Language: New Research Shows That Music Worldwide Has Important Commonalities
Photo by Jo Dusepo, via Wikimedia Commons Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s description of music as a universal language has become a well-worn cliché, usually uttered in a sentimental and not particularly serious way. Maybe this is why it doesn't inspire a corresponding breadth of appreciation for the music of the world. We are conditioned and acculturated, […]
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