Really Early Music Thread

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Traditions that go back earlier than 900 AD, the commonly accepted "start date" for the Western classical tradition



Pygmy (there is a reference of a performance for a Pharoah around 2500 BC)

http://www.youtube.com/v/cATZe_jlc9g&e


Joujouka (Sufi trance music dating back to 800 AD, although there are unsupported claims that it goes back to the worship of Pan 4000 years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/v/QH9H7GQFQUo