John Frederick Rowbotham
British writer
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history of musical instruments
- In musical instrument: History and evolution
The British writer John Frederick Rowbotham argued that there was originally a drum stage, followed by a pipe stage, and finally a lyre stage. The Austrian writer Richard Wallaschek, on the other hand, maintained that, although rhythm was the primal element, the pipe came first, followed by song,…
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