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Music to All Ears
by Donna Stoering

"[J]ust as there are, sadly, several spoken languages under threat of extinction, the individual musical languages of many smaller tribes and regions have been dying out at an alarming rate as well. Ethnomusicologists and cultural anthropologists are generally in agreement that the world is losing music cultures at the rate of five per year, and for the first time in the history of many tribes or cultures, there are instruments in their villages that no living members know how to play.

"...The good news is that many of today's social entrepreneurs, educators, musicians, and music aficionados alike are applying their time and resources to remedy that situation. Through innovative projects and educational products, they work to both save and celebrate the manifold musical languages on the planet as not only as critical means of cultural and individual expression, but also as tremendous tools for learning."

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