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Question: The oldest piece of sheet music!?
Does anyone know what is the oldest piece of sheet music known to man!? Who was the composer!? Where was it found!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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"In 1972, after 15 years of research Prof!. Anne Kilmer (professor of Assyriology, University of California, and a curator at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley) transcribed one of the oldest known pieces of music notation in the world!."

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It's not exactly "sheet music"!.!. it's probably the "Hymn to Aton" that is written in Hieroglyphics and is on the wall of a 5000 year old tomb in Egypt!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That would be Seven Spanish Angels by Willie Nelson!.Www@QuestionHome@Com