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Title: Araro Ariraro (South Indian Lullaby)

Culture/People/Composer: South Indian caregivers, traditional (anonymous)

Country/Region: Tamil Nadu, South India

Time Period: Traditional

Tags: #Lullaby, #CulturalTradition, #SoothingFunction

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Title: Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, i

Culture/People/Composer: German Romantic era, Ludwig van Beethoven

Country/Region: Bonn, Germany (Beethoven’s birthplace)

Time Period: 1808

Tags: #SymphonicMusic, #DramaticEmotion, #ArtisticExpression

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Title: Amba Nilambari (Karnatak Music)

Culture/People/Composer: Sri Ponniah Pillai

Country/Region: Tamil Nadu, South India

Time Period: 19th century

Tags: #ClassicalMusic, #MeditativeSound, #CulturalTradition

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Title: Oh Wallace (Freedom Song)

Culture/People/Composer: African American people

Country/Region: Selma, Alabama, USA

Time Period: Civil Rights Movement (1960s)

Tags: #ProtestMusic, #CulturalIdentity, #HistoricalResistance

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Title: We Shall Overcome (Freedom Song)

Culture/People/Composer: Charles Tindley; arranged & performed by Pete Seeger and African American people

Country/Region: Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Time Period: 20th century (1960s)

Tags: #ProtestMusic, #RitualFunction, #SoundOfHope

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Title: Baris (Balinese Gamelan)

Culture/People/Composer: Balinese Hindu tradition

Country/Region: Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Time Period: Traditional

Tags: #RitualMusic, #PercussiveTradition, #CulturalIdentity

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Title: Uja

Culture/People/Composer: Tanya Tagaq

Country/Region: Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada

Time Period: Contemporary (2014)

Tags: #ThroatSinging, #ExperimentalMusic, #CulturalExpression

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Title: katajjaq (Inuit Throat Game)

Culture/People/Composer: Inuit women, traditional (anonymous)

Country/Region: Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Time Period: Traditional

Tags: #ThroatSinging, #GameMusic, #CulturalIdentity

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Title: George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue

Culture/People/Composer: American Jazz/Classical fusion, George Gershwin

Country/Region: Brooklyn, New York, USA (Gershwin's origin and influence)

Time Period: 1924

Tags: #FusionMusic, #CulturalIdentity, #ArtisticInnovation

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Culture/People/Composer: Western medieval culture (anonymous composer)

Country/Region: Paris, France (specific to the medieval Notre Dame School of polyphony)

Time Period: c. 13th century

Tags: #Polyphony, #SacredMusic, #HistoricalTradition

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Title: Beyoncé, “Hold Up”

Culture/People/Composer: American pop culture, Beyoncé

Country/Region: Houston, Texas, USA (Beyoncé's hometown and cultural influence)

Time Period: 2016

Tags: #PopularMusic, #PersonalExpression, #Empowerment

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Title: Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1, Finale

Culture/People/Composer: German Romantic era, Johannes Brahms

Country/Region: Hamburg, Germany (Brahms’ birthplace)

Time Period: 1876

Tags: #SymphonicMusic, #RomanticStyle, #ArtisticExpression

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Title: Chance the Rapper, “Sunday Candy”

Culture/People/Composer: American hip-hop culture, Chance the Rapper

Country/Region: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Time Period: 2015

Tags: #CommunityCelebration, #FaithInMusic, #Storytelling

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Title: Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2, iv

Culture/People/Composer: Austrian Classical era, Franz Joseph Haydn

Country/Region: Rohrau, Austria (Haydn’s birthplace)

Time Period: 1781

Tags: #ChamberMusic, #HumorInMusic, #ArtisticExpression

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Title: K'naan ft. Residente, Riz MC & Snow Tha Product, "Immigrants" (The Hamilton Mixtape)

Culture/People/Composer: Global hip-hop culture

Country/Region: Mogadishu, Somalia (K'naan's roots), Puerto Rico (Residente), UK (Riz MC), USA (Snow Tha Product)

Time Period: 2016

Tags: #ImmigrationStories, #PoliticalExpression, #CulturalIdentity

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Title: Pauline Oliveros, Tuning Meditations

Culture/People/Composer: American experimental composer, Pauline Oliveros

Country/Region: San Francisco, California, USA

Time Period: 1971

Tags: #MeditativeMusic, #CommunityEngagement, #ExperimentalSound

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Title: Lin-Manuel Miranda, "Battle of Yorktown" (Hamilton: An American Musical)

Culture/People/Composer: American musical theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Country/Region: New York City, USA

Time Period: 2015

Tags: #Storytelling, #RevolutionaryMusic, #CulturalIdentity

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Title: Erik Satie, Gymnopedie No. 1

Culture/People/Composer: French Modernist era, Erik Satie

Country/Region: Honfleur, France (Satie’s birthplace)

Time Period: 1888

Tags: #AmbientMusic, #Minimalism, #MoodSetting

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Title: John Williams, “Force Theme” and “Main Theme” (Star Wars)

Culture/People/Composer: American film score composer, John Williams

Country/Region: Los Angeles, California, USA (film production center)

Time Period: 1977

Tags: #CinematicMusic, #HeroicThemes, #OrchestralInnovation

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Title: Kebyar Gandrung (Balinese Gamelan)

Culture/People/Composer: Wayan Gandra, performed by Çudamani

Country/Region: Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Time Period: Traditional

Tags: #DanceMusic, #PercussiveTradition, #CulturalIdentity

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University of Ghana, Legon Boundary, Accra, Ghana

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University of Ghana, Legon Boundary, Accra, Ghana

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University of Ghana, Legon Boundary, Accra, Ghana

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Title: Cancelling Stamps

Culture/People/Composer: Postal Workers at the University of Ghana

Country/Region: Accra, Ghana

Time Period: Contemporary/Traditional

Tags: #WorkMusic, #Polyrhythm, #CommunitySound

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Title: Mississippi Goddam (Sounds of Black Power)

Culture/People/Composer: Nina Simone

Country/Region: Tryon, North Carolina, USA (Nina Simone's birthplace)

Time Period: 1964

Tags: #ProtestMusic, #CivilRightsAnthem, #SoundOfResistance

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Title: Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud (Sounds of Black Power)

Culture/People/Composer: James Brown

Country/Region: Augusta, Georgia, USA

Time Period: 1968

Tags: #ProtestMusic, #Empowerment, #CulturalIdentity

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Title: Capoeira

Culture/People/Composer: Enslaved Africans (creators), Afro-Brazilian people (culture)

Country/Region: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Time Period: Traditional

Tags: #DanceMusic, #RitualFunction, #CulturalIdentity