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3/10/09: The World in Six Songs

Photo by flyzipper on flickr.com
Photo by flyzipper on flickr.com

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – Music - according to neuroscientist Daniel Levitin - is the "soundtrack of civilization." In his latest book, Levitin argues that music played an important role in our evolutionary process, and that songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love have made us who we are today. Tuesday, Daniel Levitin and "The World in Six Songs." (Rebroadcast)

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