17 Jan 2011

Hurrian Hymn played on a lyre

Michael Levy gives an interpretative rendition of the oldest known recorded hymn, a Hurrian melody.

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3 comments:

  1. Casey Goranson17 January 2011 at 22:41:00 GMT-6

    I did a project on this piece. This is only one of 10 possible interpretations of the original cuneiform notation.

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  2. Glen Gordon17 January 2011 at 23:48:00 GMT-6

    I still should track down the cuneiform one of these days. I'm curious of the various ways these symbols are being reinterpreted into modern musical notation.

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  3. Glen Gordon17 January 2011 at 23:49:00 GMT-6

    Actually, perhaps I needed to just look it up in Google Images under 'cuneiform hurrian music'. Fascinating.

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