"Somewhere in the world, at every minute, a solemn song is being sung. Every people,every culture, sings some serious chant either of instruction, magic, praise or ecstasy.This has been true for millenia and everywhere on the globe of our world"
-----Lou Harrison
A Choir from the Russian Orthodoxy
A "Gamelan" from Java
(There is no beginning or ending to gamelan music, it is always playing in the universe, and is brought down by the orchestra and then filters up again. The large gong heard once in a while marks the "measure." Sometimes there can be as many as 120 beats to a "measure.")
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