Do you like old-time music?
wonderful.
It was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet in the ancient Syrian port city of Ugarit and cannot be seen as thyme older than the Harian Hymn No. 6, which was more than 3,400 years ago.
In fact, you can – similar tablets refer to praise hymns Lipit Ishterthe fifth king The first dynasty of Ishin (In today’s Iraq), he is about 600 years old. but, cmuse Reportit “not just to adjust lyre’s instructions.”
Hurrian Hymn No. 6 offers meaty content and unlike the other five tablets discovered in the same place, it is well preserved enough to allow archaeologists and other tabs to get you to reconstruct the song, but it was by no means easy.
Anne Kilmer, Professor of Assiology, University of California, Honorary Before transcribing it into modern musical notation in 1972, the tablets were researched for 15 years.
She is one of the YouTuber Hochelaga samples of some interpretations of the video above.
The original tablet provides specific details about how musicians place their fingers on lyre, but other factors, such as tuning and time to keep notes, are absent, giving modern arrangements room for creativity.
Under the archaeologist Richard Danbril Here we explain his interpretation in 1998, which assumes some of the young women who are personally appealing to the goddess. Nikkar To make her fertile:
This is a particularly lovely classical guitar spin thanks to Syrian musicologists Raul Vitale and composer Ferras Lada…
An unforgettable piano version by a Syrian-American composer Marek JandariFounder of , Piano for peace:
And who can resist the opportunity to hear Harian Hymn No. 6 in an ancient lyr replica by a “new ancestor” composer Michael Levywho sees it as his musical mission and “opens the portal in an era that has not been forgotten”:
I dream of rekindling the spirit of my ancient ancestors. For a moment, to capture an era in which people imagined space fabrics to be woven from harmonies and notes. To be truly appreciated for the vulnerability of life, and to be lavished in a calm period in which all its actions were performed in a sense of the almighty adoration of ancient gods.
Samurai guitarist Steve Wonotella combines Dr. Danbril’s melody with Dr. Kilmer to pose an ancient mystery by experimenting and discarding synth waves, lo-fi hip hop and reggae dove (“absolute disaster”).
Amaranth Publishing has several MIDI files for Hurrian Hymn No. 6, including Dr. Kilmer. here.
Open them with your favorite music notation software program. If you please the Goddess, then perhaps yours will be the next interpretation of Harian Hymn No. 6, featured in the culture that is open here…
Note: Previous versions of this post were published on our site in 2022.
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