The world’s oldest tune is by an Armenian, apparently
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#armeniansrule
Some good ideas from the Caucasus. Wine too, apparently.
Thanks for posting this, Norman.
Unfortunately the Hurrians/Armenians didn’t give sufficient thought to the royalty possibilities. Bummer for them.
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
“Any real musicologists around to tell us what the notation really specifies?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI