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Before Music Foreword by Hamish Bowles [and] brings to life controversialFrom award winning author Annette Bay Pimentel and illustrator Madison Safer, Before Music is an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are madeacross time and around the world. Music doesnt come out of nothing. It always starts somewhere . . . with something . . . with someone. Discover how music is made in this survey of musical instruments from around the world. Organized by materialfrom wood to gourds to found