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Jean Philippe Rameau

"Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words."

Jean Philippe Rameau, French Composer
Music, First, Words
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"Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words."

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