17 Jan 2011

Hurrian Hymn played on a lyre

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

3 comments:

  1. 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. 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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