The world's oldest tune is by an Armenian, apparently

Anahid says:

January 13, 2019 at 11:43 am

#armeniansrule

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Mike Schachter says:

January 13, 2019 at 12:32 pm

Some good ideas from the Caucasus. Wine too, apparently.

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Herr Doktor says:

January 13, 2019 at 3:05 pm

Thanks for posting this, Norman.

Unfortunately the Hurrians/Armenians didn’t give sufficient thought to the royalty possibilities. Bummer for them.

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Petros Linardos says:

January 13, 2019 at 3:31 pm

Nice headline, but let’s look a little more carefully.

Any real musicologists around to tell us what the notation really specifies?
My understanding about ancient Greek music is that the notation is totally inadequate for a modern performance. Any performances tell us more about the performer than about ancient Greece. My hasty research on the above hymn points to the same direction, but I could be wrong.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/734711?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

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