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A number of different music styles from around the world from historical times

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A number of different music styles from around the world from historical times

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I've gathered these for the enrichment of my son, but maybe other people interested in some music history would be interested as well.

Eastern cultures:

"Duanwu Festival Music." from ancient China - around 475 to 221 BC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_DLS7MCKMQ

"Rag Desh" from classical Indian music - around 300 BC to 1700 AD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JVueGvWB-s

"Gagaku" from Japanese imperial court music - around 700 AD to present day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OA8HFUNfIk&t=230s

African cultures:

"Yoruba chant" from West Africa - estimated to be several thousand years old - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O7_-_iA1cc

"Gahu" from the Ewe people of Ghana - estimated to be several hundred years old - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5SbyBAPlPk

"Xhosa song" from South Africa - estimated to be several hundred years old - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIyEMzEhdA

Western cultures:

"Hymn to Apollo" from ancient Greece - around 7th century BC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QfeG5KH1M

"Gregorian Chant" from the medieval Christian Church - around 5th to 15th century AD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5AohCMX0U

"Greensleeves" from 16th century England - around 1580 AD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmOb5H8kL30