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Ancient Irish musical history found in modern India
EurekAlert! ^ | May 13, 2016 | Australian National University

Posted on 05/14/2016 12:23:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

An archaeologist studying musical horns from iron-age Ireland has found musical traditions, thought to be long dead, are alive and well in south India.

The realisation that modern Indian horns are almost identical to many iron-age European artefacts reveals a rich cultural link between the two regions 2,000 years ago, said PhD student Billy O Foghlu, from The Australian National University (ANU).

"Archaeology is usually silent. I was astonished to find what I thought to be dead soundscapes alive and living in Kerala today," said the ANU College of Asia-Pacific student...

The findings help show that Europe and India had a lively cultural exchange with musicians from the different cultures sharing independently developed technology and musical styles.

One example of this musical mixing is depicted in a carving of a celebration in Sanchi dating from c300 BC that shows a group of musicians taking part, playing two European carnyces, a horn with an animal's head.

The musical style of Kerala explains some of the mysteries surrounding the horns that have been unearthed in European iron-age excavations and suggest a very different musical soundscape to current western music said Mr O Foghlu.

(Excerpt) Read more at eurekalert.org ...

TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; aryans; australia; barryfell; billyofoghlu; carnyces; celts; chess; cornu; fartyshadesofgreen; gaels; godsgravesglyphs; greeks; hibernia; india; indoeuropeans; ireland; kerala; monsoonwinds; music; navigation; romanempire; sanchi; shofar
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To: SunkenCiv

i love stuff prior to the RIAA

Have a recording on an aging tape some where of the Muskrats doing “Raise a rukus night”

I may have the only copy left, but I hear the theme in lots of songs


41 posted on 05/14/2016 12:15:11 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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Google search hits, "red headed mummy" from FR, newest to oldest, duplicates out, titles cleaned up a little:
42 posted on 05/14/2016 12:15:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: fella

A Roman Totem


43 posted on 05/14/2016 12:16:13 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: mylife
Even the cylindrical Edison machine material (most of those titles never left rarity status, even when new) has been getting digitized by free-lancers and uploaded. It's a great time to be alive; pre-RIAA is also pre-PC.

44 posted on 05/14/2016 12:22:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Paddy Maloney and Matt Malloy are musical legends


45 posted on 05/14/2016 12:37:02 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: SunkenCiv

I hate RIAA, they would tax campfire songs


46 posted on 05/14/2016 12:40:10 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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http://mattmolloy.ie/


47 posted on 05/14/2016 1:06:54 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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Sail away boys ,sail away...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au30c9ZMIPg


48 posted on 05/14/2016 1:16:19 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: SunkenCiv

Great effort, sir, well done. I suspect the metaphive is within your grasp.

Tally-ho, and keep digging!


49 posted on 05/14/2016 3:38:02 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: SunkenCiv

Excellent videos...I’ve never seen them. Thanks.


50 posted on 05/15/2016 1:35:29 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: blam

:’) It’s not the Malkovich vid, and uh, I’m not sure where that is, I have plans to digitize the VHS though.


51 posted on 05/15/2016 2:47:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Moltke

:’)


52 posted on 05/15/2016 2:47:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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