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12-18-2014, 02:14 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Ancient Babylonian Brought to Life
Hello world music lovers!
Thought you might enjoy this article and the soundtrack of what a few artists' have come up with as a pretty accurate rendition of ancient Babylonian music. I find it absolutely haunting and beautiful. The language itself sounds really familiar somehow. Check it out! What did ancient Babylonian songs sound like? |
12-18-2014, 09:47 PM | #2 (permalink) | |
...here to hear...
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It´s intriguing to wonder what the music of the distant past may´ve sounded like, but I for one couldn´t get anything from your link, I´m afraid, misspoptart. Maybe that´s why nobody is following up on this thread yet?
Incidently, some time ago, Stephen also did some digging into "the oldest song in the world":- Quote:
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12-19-2014, 06:16 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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Oh my! I didn't realize the link wasn't working properly. Let me link you directly to the soundcloud page:
Babylonian! It's really so haunting and beautiful! Can't stop listening I remembered Stephen's thread! I will definitely check it out again. |
01-01-2015, 08:22 AM | #5 (permalink) |
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^ Yes, misspoptart, thanks for putting up the soundcloud link; of the four songs there, my particular favourite was "Lullaby". It´s a beautiful, soothing piece of music as we might expect from the title. In the end your original RawStory link opened as well and it makes a very interesting read. Stef Connor has obviously done considerable research and has used as a starting point the same tablet H.6 from Ugarit that Stephen came across.
His Wikipedia link ( Hurrian songs ) has a good description of the tablet while his second link ( The Oldest Song In The World ) has a photo of both sides of the tablet and as well as three musical interpretations of the song that is written on it. The generally agreed title for the H.6 song is Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal and I wonder if that song is actually featured on Stef Connor´s album ? Not so interesting for me is Stephen´s YouTube clip (Echoes from Uragit) which I think is a bit of a cheat as it´s a fabrication for a full Western orchestra. In fact, I found another version of Hymn to Nikkal which sounds more authentic, although without the benefit of Stef´s voice, I would characterize it as worthy but dull:-
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