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  2. Evolutionary musicology - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the field can be traced back to Charles Darwin who wrote in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex: . When we treat of sexual selection we shall see that primeval man, or rather some early progenitor of man, probably first used his voice in producing true musical cadences, that is in singing, as do some of the gibbon-apes at the present day; and we may conclude ...

  3. Castrato - Wikipedia

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    The regimen of one singing school in Rome (c. 1700) consisted of one hour of singing difficult and awkward pieces, one hour practising trills, one hour practising ornamented passaggi, one hour of singing exercises in their teacher's presence and in front of a mirror so as to avoid unnecessary movement of the body or facial grimaces, and one ...

  4. History of sound recording - Wikipedia

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    Ring-and-spring microphones, such as this Western Electric microphone, were common during the electrical age of sound recording c. 1925–45.. The second wave of sound recording history was ushered in by the introduction of Western Electric's integrated system of electrical microphones, electronic signal amplifiers and electromechanical recorders, which was adopted by major US record labels in ...

  5. Origin of speech - Wikipedia

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    Recent insights in human evolution – more specifically, human Pleistocene littoral evolution [19] – may help understand how human speech evolved. One controversial suggestion is that certain pre-adaptations for spoken language evolved during a time when ancestral hominins lived close to river banks and lake shores rich in fatty acids and ...

  6. The Dark Net - Wikipedia

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    The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld is a 2014 nonfiction book by Jamie Bartlett. It is published in the United Kingdom by Heinemann, in the United States by Melville House Publishers, and in Australia by Random House. Bartlett discusses online communities away from the mainstream, including those on Tor and the dark web.

  7. From Traveling Singer to Bestselling Author: 'This Wasn't a ...

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    For years, I lived the dream of being a professional singer, traveling across the country, pouring my heart into each performance and connecting deeply with people along the way.

  8. Dark web - Wikipedia

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    The dark web has often been confused with the deep web, the parts of the web not indexed (searchable) by search engines. The term dark web first emerged in 2009; however, it is unknown when the actual dark web first emerged. [11] Many internet users only use the surface web, data that can be accessed by a typical web browser. [12]

  9. The Time of Our Singing - Wikipedia

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    The book can be read on many levels, but those who have at least some familiarity with music will find a plethora of references to music of all eras and styles. An opera was written based on the book by Kris Defoort. The opera premiered in La Monnaie in Brussels in September 2021.