Episode 4: The Strange Story of the Bone Flute
This episode examines historical accounts of flutes fashioned from human and animal bones and asks what these extraordinary objects can tell us about the people who created them.
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Episode 3: Can Musical Instruments Reveal Human Migration?
Can a musical instrument become evidence of human movement?
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Episode 2: Why Do Bagpipes Exist All Over the World?
When most people hear the word “bagpipe,” they immediately think of Scotland. But the bagpipe is not only Scottish. Versions of the instrument appear across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Iran, India, and beyond.
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Episode 1: What was the first musical instrument?
In this opening episode of The Musical Archeologist, Craig Dabelstein explores a question raised by the Belgian musicologist Ernest Closson in L’Instrument de musique.
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