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Ancient Music
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caitri and cappyhead sent me these wonderful links to ancient music:
The Oldest Extant melody
http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/videos/oldest-song-melody/#OfL1GpXHyL7bbM5l.97
The Hurrian Hymn dates from around 1400 BC, making it a staggering 3400 years old
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homer as the Ancient Greeks heard it
http://www.openculture.com/2016/10/what-homers-odyssey-sounded-like-when-sung-in-the-original-ancient-greek.html
(I can't remember if they noted which dialect, tho)
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Epic of Gilgamesh sung in Sumerian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcTsFe1PVs
caitri and cappyhead sent me these wonderful links to ancient music:The Oldest Extant melody
http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/videos/oldest-song-melody/#OfL1GpXHyL7bbM5l.97
The Hurrian Hymn dates from around 1400 BC, making it a staggering 3400 years old
homer as the Ancient Greeks heard it
http://www.openculture.com/2016/10/what-homers-odyssey-sounded-like-when-sung-in-the-original-ancient-greek.html
(I can't remember if they noted which dialect, tho)
Epic of Gilgamesh sung in Sumerian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcTsFe1PVs
