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First the Music, then the Words

Original title: Erst die Musik, dann die Worte

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200315m

Overview

Lung fish and lions, nightingales and whales express themselves through sounds - they "sing". But humans alone have developed grammatically-structured language. Did the words of this language emerge individually? Or was there first a form of "language without meaning", that is, music?

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First the Music, then the Words was directed by Alexander Kluge.

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First the Music, then the Words was released in 2003.

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