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"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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