Posted on 09/27/2016 10:12:31 AM PDT by blam
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
September 27, 2016
In 1950, a collection of 29 tablets was discovered in the ruins of Ugarit, an ancient city in the northern region of present-day Syria, but only one had survived the intervening centuries well enough to be deciphered.
Known as H6, the 3,500-year-old clay tablet revealed a simple hymn specifying the use of nine lyre strings and the intervals between them, much like an "ancient guitar tab," reports ClassicFM, which has recently picked up the story.
The resulting melody, it says, isn't just the oldest discovered in the world, but "utterly enchanting." Musician and composer Michael Levy plays it in this YouTube video.
The so-called Hurrian Hymn is dedicated to Nikkal, the goddess of orchards, explains New Historian.
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I’ll check back when I’m not camping in France.
Incredible...and so complex! Thanks for posting this!
You just know that some a-hole rapper is gonna sample this now and use it in some cop-bashing ditty.
Those bronze age kids had no taste in music!
Thanks BTW...
i wonder if the first music was created for the church.
I have no talent at all, but some music touches my soul
Looks like soft rock.
In 1400 BC??? What Church would that be???
In 1400 BC??? What Church might that be???
Translated for the original Sanskrit:
Send 9.95 silver ingots for the papyrus version, or 12.95 silver ingots for the tablet version to:
2 Assur Court Walk
Second tent on the left
Sumeria
Hurry, this is a Limited Time Offer
Sale ends in 3403 years.
All sales are final.
(c) 1387 bc
Don’t do it! That thing is DRM’d like all git out and it will put a root kit on yer clay tablet!
What’s with that dude second row just right of center? Is he even from this planet?
I ran into this on the side-bar when following your links.
I think it is worth review.
When I watched it, it made me think of the sea of people who will praise God in heaven.
It sticks in my mind that it was once said that a song is like a prayer before God. This video causes me to understand how it could be. The joy of life presented in this manner must be a beautiful sound to the God that must witness all that happens on this earth.
Man’s inhumanity to man is legendary. Yet here we see a Japanese group sing a German song, that the world can marvel at.
I offer up this: A 10,000 strong choir, something to listen to and marvel at as you do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlQZyTF_LY
Interesting. Written and maintained in C (I think) throughout, it displays a good knowledge of harmony and even early counterpoint.
Thanks so much for posting.
“Yet here we see a Japanese group sing a German song, that the world can marvel at.”
A coded message to reform the axis alliance or simply cultural appropriation? Either way some leftists are surely triggered.
You can hear how it picks up at the end, it goes into Playing in the Band followed by Good Loving. Same set they did at Englishtown.
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