Backward Mutters

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THIS is the type of thing that gets me excited about history AND technology working together.

A few lines of music written down 1,100 years ago, spotted by chance by a postgraduate student in a manuscript in the British Library, have proved to be the earliest example of polyphonic choral music.

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And in this video, you can already enjoy in it.

The original article from The Guardian, is entitled, “Chance Discovery….” Touche, Maev Kennedy, you’re punny.