www.tedxamsterdam.com Is singing a cultural development of humanity, or a very basic thing - a relic from prehistoric times? Singing monkeys sounds a lot like medieval polyphonic song, so why not use their ‘songs’ as a transcript for opera? Composer Huba de Graaff has investigated the vocalizations of our closest relatives: the humble ape. In her audio research on singing monkeys, de Graaf did some remarkable discoveries. When recorded and played back slowly, the song of apes had interesting conceptual similarities between pygmy-singing, early medieval singing and the singing of monkeys. Listen to the samples and playful interpretations in these fragments of opera inspired by the warbling apes, performed by The Egidius Quartet. After this talk we’re able to draw one conclusion: First there was singing. And only after more than a 10,000 years, was man able to speak at a TEDtalk. Produced by: http://www.fellermedia.com Camera by: http://www.hoens.tv Catch up on more TEDxAmsterdam videos by subscribing to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tedxams Follow us on Twitter for updates: http://www.twitter.com/tedxams Read all about speakers, Ideas Worth Doing and behind the scenes reports on http://www.tedxamsterdam.com
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