Ancient Lyre - First Written Melody - Michael Levy

Michael Levy plays the first written melody on a replica of an ancient lyre that he made. Visit his wonderful website for a journey into the music of the ancient world.
http://ancientlyre.com/ The image in this video is from the J. Paul Getty Museum collection, Cycladic marble harp player, circa 2500 bc. Michael Levy's arrangement is based on the original transcription of the melody, as interpreted by Prof. Richard Dumbrill. Here is a link to his book, "The Archeomusicology of the Ancient Near East" http://bit.ly/d3aovp Powered by Onadime. Music © Michael Levy. Visualmyth © 2011 Patrick Burke

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