THE MUSIC OF ANCIENT GREECE!

This video features my arrangement fro solo lyre, of an amazing fragment of music from the mostly lost, magnificant culture of ancient Greece!

This rare fragment of surviving ancient Greek music, is catalogued as "Poem. Mor 1, 11f, Migne 37, 523" (notes taken from the CD recording, "Musique de la Grece Antique", where I first heard this haunting, truly ancient fragment of melody).

All of my 9 albums of mystical, ancient lyre music are now available from iTunes...

1)"An Ancient Lyre": http://bit.ly/dhCozi

2)"King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel":
http://bit.ly/9PCIua




3)"The Ancient Biblical Lyre": http://bit.ly/9hTDje

4)"Lyre of the Levites": http://bit.ly/9baWuM

5)"Apollo's Lyre": http://bit.ly/dhCozi

6)"Ancient Times -- Music of The Ancient World": http://bit.ly/aRF5PD

7)"The Ancient Greek Modes": http://bit.ly/cZks0o

8)"The Ancient Greek Lyre": http://bit.ly/bxO7Ra

9)"Ancient Visions -- New Compositions for an Ancient Lyre": http://bit.ly/dCPmRN

Physical CDs are also available anywhere in the world from CD Baby, for 3 of my best selling albums:

"An Ancient Lyre": http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mlevy4

"King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel":
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mlevy

"Lyre of the Levites": http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mlevy2

For full details about my albums of lyre music, and the fascinating ancient historical background, please visit my official website:

http://www.ancientlyre.com

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[nickparrott]

Your videos have inspired me to buy one of these things. What a beautiful instrument.

[Klezfiddle1]

Thanks! I got my lyre from the Early Music Shop in Bradford, UK, if this is any help? Would you also be interested in ordering a copy of my my debut CD, "King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel"?

[biggugly0402]

are you familiar with Pythagoreanism and the Quadrivium? very cool music by the way

[Klezfiddle1]

I'm afraid not - please enlighten me!

[johnshipe]

How does one know for sure that what is transcribed in the fragment actually represents these melodies? In other words, are the intervals really understood explicitly? And the rhythmic divisions? (This is not a rhetorical question. I'm ignorant and curious.)

[Klezfiddle1]

Another type of musicla notation known from ancient times,was a system of hand gestures called "chironomy",which both represented the pitch & ornamentation of melodies - this is found in the recently deciphered music of the Hebrew Bible,& was also used in ancient Egypt - check out the fantastic Youtube Channel "teamim".I've a few featured videos from there on my own Youtube Channel Page

[biggugly0402]

check out hans kaysers Text Book of Harmonics at hanskayser dotte comm the quadrivium is the Pythagorean mathematical synthesis of four subjects mathematics or number unto number music theory numbers in time geometry numbers in space astronomy numbers in time/ space the quadrivium provides the most fundemental prototype of unified theories of physics the contraction and expansion of time/space is within the division of the vibrating string

[bemjamin]

Ever heard of a band called Synaulia?

they're amazing

[OldWaysFollower]

absolutely amazing!

Gods be blessed that this music has been preserved.

Keep up your work!!

[SCWguqin]

OK, holy crap. That was awesome.

I continue to discover the capabilities of the lyre family, THE "art instrument" for so much of the ancient western world. I love your approach here of just going nuts and exploring the technical possibilities.

[johnshipe]

Thanks for this info.  You are, by the way, very impressive as a musician. Thanks for these postings.