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lilldybug07

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on: Jul 25, 2018
How can we learn about the sound of musical performances that occurred before about 1870 when the first phonographs were invented?
 
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Define material culture. Give two examples of the material culture of music.
 
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itsakadoozi

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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

 by studying the musical instruments, pictures of instruments, written documents, and other ephemera

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 Material culture refers to the material objects that people in a culture produceobjects that can be seen, held, felt and used.
 Examples of the material culture of music include musical instruments (or historical pictures of them), sheet music, instruction books, and more recently, devices that electronically disseminate music (phonographs, television, CDs, computers, and so on).


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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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