The Nature of Music, Part 2 - Songs and Symbols Reviews
1988
0 hr 48 mins
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Songs and Symbols is the second installment of a three-part documentary called The Nature of Music. Produced, written, and directed by award-winning musical filmmaker Jeremy Marre, this globe-trotting program unveils the great diversity of music that humanity has created. Highlights of this episode include an examination of musicality among animals, including singing monkeys, and how such behavior by animals has influenced human music. Marre's film examines the importance of music to various cultures around the world, and the variations in what is considered music. The other parts of the documentary are titled The Nature of Music, Pt. 1 -- Sources and Sorcery and The Nature of Music, Pt. 3 -- Legends and Labels.