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Vocal music

  • OperaJacopo Peri wrote Dafne around 1597 for an elite circle of literate Florentine humanists known as the Camerata de' Bardi.
  • A cappellaA cuneiform tablet from around 2000 BC contains the earliest known instructions for performing music. This artifact predates the Seikilos epitaph, a Greek…
  • Human voiceThe lungs act as a pump to generate the airflow and air pressure required for sound. This breath moves upward into the larynx where the vocal folds vibrate…