Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

When we think of people who shape music as we know it, you might think of names like

Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury or Bob Dylan.

Every generation has a handful of artists to move the needle and push music forward.

David Bowie, Eddie Van Halen, Johnny Cash, Dave Grohl, honestly whatever your style,

I'm sure a few names come to mind.

And then there are the inventions, the gadgets that change the way we experience music, which

all started with Thomas Edison and the phonograph, and the first recorded song heard on the

device, Mary had a little lamb.

But there's another innovator, and while you've probably heard what he's written, the

chances are good you don't know his name.

Meet Guido Aratinas, a Benedictine monk born in France over a thousand years ago, some

time in the mid-90s, and like most creators and masterminds throughout history, he had

a problem to solve.

The problem was, chanting.

You see, at the time, composers of sacred music had never written down their musical creations,

instead the monks memorized music and taught others through practice.

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