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How did ancient Greek music sound?
BBC News ^
| 10-22-2013
| Armand D'Angour
Posted on 10/25/2013 4:35:55 AM PDT by Renfield
The music of ancient Greece, unheard for thousands of years, is being brought back to life by Armand D'Angour, a musician and tutor in classics at Oxford University. He describes what his research is discovering.
"Suppose that 2,500 years from now all that survived of the Beatles songs were a few of the lyrics, and all that remained of Mozart and Verdi's operas were the words and not the music.
Imagine if we could then reconstruct the music, rediscover the instruments that played them, and hear the words once again in their proper setting, how exciting that would be.
This is about to happen with the classic texts of ancient Greece....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: armanddangour; godsgravesglyphs; greece; history; music
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There is a sample audio file of a reconstructed song at the link.
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posted on
10/25/2013 4:35:55 AM PDT
by
Renfield
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/25/2013 4:36:08 AM PDT
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
Somehow I think if you were to give a Tambura and some ancient Indian lyrics to Jimmy Hendrix for recreation it might not have sounded quite like it did 2000 years ago.
Can you imagine future historians trying to recreate rap?
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posted on
10/25/2013 4:46:03 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Renfield; SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/25/2013 5:00:58 AM PDT
by
Berosus
(I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
To: Renfield
There was this Star trek episode with blue-skinned people in an ancient court with the lutes and the flutes a playing.
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posted on
10/25/2013 5:04:28 AM PDT
by
printhead
(Standard & Poor - Poor is the new standard.)
To: Renfield
To: Renfield
The names of the Modes are reminiscent of Ancient Greece:
Ionian (Same as the Modern Major Scale)
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian (Same as Natural Minor)
Locrian
Pythagoras was also very interested in the mathematical relationships between notes and their intervals.
The Piano Keyboard was designed to utilize these modes, and guitarists memorize them to use in awesome Jazz Solos.
I think that the music of Ancient Greece would have a familiar sound to Western Ears.
JMO.
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posted on
10/25/2013 5:06:24 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: left that other site
It’s called a fibonacci series...and if ancient Greek music sounded anything like Greek music now it could explain the demise of their culture.
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posted on
10/25/2013 5:12:59 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Bandying nice with wannabe commies is over! You're either for freedom or you're not!)
To: gr8eman
Are you series about that?
Or just fibbing?
:-)
I ain’t gonna fret about it, though.
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posted on
10/25/2013 5:20:20 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: gr8eman
Sorry, sometimes my jokes fall a little flat.
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posted on
10/25/2013 5:22:23 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: gr8eman
Hey! If you could dance to it.....it had to be splendid!
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posted on
10/25/2013 5:35:47 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000*)
To: Renfield
"all that survived of the Beatles songs were a few of the lyrics"
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posted on
10/25/2013 6:52:24 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: gr8eman
Blame the Romans...
hellatorius victorialis (warlike; victory)
erastus necessitas (lovers; death)
honararius despondeo (honour; despair)
spiritus obdormio (life; death)
patriota gladiator (country; fighter)
afflictio ommento (pain; waiting)
divinitus salutaris (heaven; salvation)
furtivus libertas (furtive love; freedom)
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posted on
10/25/2013 6:59:02 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Daffynition
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca
born April 21, 1915
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
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posted on
10/25/2013 7:01:31 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Renfield
“Suppose that 2,500 years from now all that survived of the Beatles songs were a few of the lyrics”
2,500 years from now Elinore Rigby may be presumed to have been some sort of ancient mythical goddess.
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posted on
10/25/2013 7:08:11 AM PDT
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: BenLurkin
Dang! Everyone knows he was Irish. Amish fer sure! It's on the internet. I know it's true. OPA!
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posted on
10/25/2013 7:43:52 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*$17,000,000,000,000*)
To: Renfield; Berosus; 240B; 75thOVI; Adder; albertp; asgardshill; At the Window; bitt; blu; BradyLS; ..
Thanks Renfield and Berosus -- and "shut that bloody bazouki off!!!" Seems like a good weekly Digest list ping.
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posted on
10/26/2013 6:59:52 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Daffynition
“Put the trains into Mexico” ... that’s what those kids were calling it back then.
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posted on
10/26/2013 7:02:09 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Renfield
To: Renfield
Not disparaging his scholarship in the least, but I don’t believe Creese would do justice to Soppho.
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posted on
10/27/2013 12:53:22 AM PDT
by
kitchen
(Even the walls have ears.)
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