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		cynicalguy on Aug 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hear the World’s Oldest Known Song, “Hurrian Hymn ... Came here to saw this. The problem with the internet as a whole is euro-centrism. Pretty sure even Chinese culture has equally old "hymns" and songs. South American too, but the conquistadors destroyed everything.

bloppe on Sept 8, 2022 [–]

Hurrian Hymn No. 6 is not European, and this does not claim to be older than the Rig Veda. The difference is that the vedas do not describe melodies; just literature. They were probably sung with specific melodies, but nobody knows what the originals are anymore

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