Why was music often used at religious services and funeral ceremonies worldwide as a bridge to the otherworldly?
What will be an ideal response?
• Music, the least concrete and visible of the arts, was often seen as "parallel [to] the agency of the supernatural, which many ancient peoples believed to be present, powerful, and unseen."
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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