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           In prehistoric times, man had no yet divided his world into various "subjects" In seeking to understand himself and take some control over his natural surroundings, he used a wide variety of means. In seeking to be friend potiential destroyers- gods, demons, stroms, wild animals, even human enemies- he made sacrifes , developed rituals, made up stories, sang songs. danced, and acted out the parts of the destroyers.

        From these beginning  have come such modern subjects as religion, which will seek to put God and man into a right relationships; Philosophy ans science, which seek to understand and explain both the internal and external forces that play upon man;  and litreature which recordds the ancients storiesof man's aspirations, pleasure, griefs.

        From these same beginnings come the traditional performing arts: music dance and drama. Each was perhaps first used to communicate with gods or spirits, but each become  a center of communal celebration and eventually a means of self expression intended for the pleasures of the viewers and listeners as well as for the gods.

         Unfortunately, our knowledge of he ancient performing arts is limited, we must rely for our information on drawing, ancient statuary, and written records. We will never know exactly what the music of ancient Egypt or Greece sounded like. In more recent times even the mood and texture of the first performance of a play by Shakespeare can be never be perfectly recreated. At the same time, how ever each of the performing arts has been built n the traditions of the past - or on-that part of the past that has been recorded or remembered. 

             Only in the century just past have men learned how to record sound and image, Preserving performance in a way never before possible. Through sound recording, film, and video, we now capture the voices of a great singer, the gestures and inflections of an outstanding actor, and even a whole performance of a ballet or an opera. Today a great performer's work preserved for all future generations, whereas earlier performers lived on only in memory. 

           Together with broadcasting- the transmission of sound and images over wires or through the air- recording has become an art itself, and new creators are using recording devices to produce work of new kind- neither quite music, dance or non drama, but work for a new medium.