What's the oldest music you've listened to?

Trollheart · 10-20-2014, 02:30 PM

In my first review for the Psychedelia Album Club I noted that an album from the sixties was one of my earliest reviews, but then I thought no, I've listened to music older than that. After all, Mozart, Vivaldi, much classical music goes back to the fifteenth/sixteenth century. And who hasn't heard that classic from the Stone Age, Ugh and the Cavemen's "Finger painting", with such gems as "You my woman", "You my woman II: Draggin' her back" and of course who could forget "Me hunt you cook"?

But what's the earliest music you've listened to? How far back can you go?

Chula Vista · 10-20-2014, 02:35 PM

1600s. Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach.

**Frownland** · 10-20-2014, 02:51 PM

I listen to Carlo Gesualdo of the late 1500s regularly. He was way ahead of his time. I've listened to one piece supposedly from 1000 CE but it wasn't very memorable.

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 10-20-2014, 03:00 PM

Pretty old stuff here.

Black Francis · 10-20-2014, 03:01 PM

I'd say the furthest ive gone is 1940 or 1920 with Django's stuff, i may have have listened to older stuff but i didn't really keep track when it was recorded.

grindy · 10-20-2014, 03:13 PM

Musical Instructions For "Lipit-Istar, King Of Justice", approximateöy 1950 B.C., performed by Ensemble De Organographia.

(It's boring.)

grindy · 10-20-2014, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I listen to Carlo Gesualdo of the late 1500s regularly. He was way ahead of his time. I've listened to one piece supposedly from 1000 CE but it wasn't very memorable.

What would you recommend by Gesualdo? There are surprisingly many albums.

Machine · 10-20-2014, 03:16 PM

I've listened to Wagner before and some Bach. Haven't explored older music too much though.

Pet_Sounds · 10-20-2014, 04:00 PM

Nothing I've heard was recorded in the 16th century, so probably '20s.

**Frownland** · 10-20-2014, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

What would you recommend by Gesualdo? There are surprisingly many albums.

Carlo Gesualdo: Integral Madrigals for Five Voices: Libros 1-6 performed by Noel Akchote is my favourite.

10-20-2014, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	1600s. Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I listen to Carlo Gesualdo of the late 1500s regularly. He was way ahead of his time. I've listened to one piece supposedly from 1000 CE but it wasn't very memorable. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,178	Pretty old stuff here. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here

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Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	I'd say the furthest ive gone is 1940 or 1920 with Django's stuff, i may have have listened to older stuff but i didn't really keep track when it was recorded. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Musical Instructions For "Lipit-Istar, King Of Justice", approximateöy 1950 B.C., performed by Ensemble De Organographia. (It's boring.) __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

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Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	I've listened to Wagner before and some Bach. Haven't explored older music too much though. __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

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Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	Nothing I've heard was recorded in the 16th century, so probably '20s. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease