Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks

Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks
Music from c. 1950 B.C. to 300 A.D. (Including the world's oldest notated music) performed on voice, lyres, kithara, pandoura, double reed pipes, flutes & other ancient instruments
Ensemble De Organographia
Pandourion 1005

Content:

    Greek Music from Egypt

    Anon., 2nd c. A.D.. Oxyrhynchus papyri (POxy.) 4461, column II, lines 1-9
  1. Musical excerpts

    2. Anon., 2nd or 3rd c. A.D., POxy. 4465
  2. Lament

    3. Anon., 2nd c. A.D., POxy. 4462
  3. Fragment 1

    4. Anon., 3rd or 4th c. A.D., POxy. 4466
  4. Paean

    5. Anon., 3rd c. A.D., POxy. 3162
  5. Trochaic fragment

    6. Anon., 3rd c. A.D., POxy. 3705
  6. Four settings of a line from "Epitrepontes" by Menander

    7. Anon., 2nd or 3rd c. A.D., POxy. 4462
  7. Excerpts mentioning Eros and Aphrodite

    8. Anon., 3rd c. A.D., POxy. 4467
  8. Musical excerpt

    9. Anon., 2nd or 3rd c. A.D., POxy. 4464, lines 3-8
  9. Hypolydian excerpt

    10. Anon., 3rd c. A.D., POxy. 3161 verso fr. 3
  10. Fragment 3

    11. Sumero-Babylonian Music

    Anon., copied by Ammurabi (c. 1225 B.C.), R.S. 15.30 + 49, 17.387
  11. Hurrian Hymn 6: A zaluzi to the gods

    12. Anon., c. 1225 B.C., R.S. 19.149 and 18.282
  12. Hurrian Hymns 19 and 23

    13. Urhiya/Anon., copied by Ipsali, c. 1225 B.C., R.S. 19.164d and 19.147
  13. Hurrian Hymns 13 and 12

    14. Anon., c. 1225 B.C.
  14. Hurrian Hymn 2

    15. Urhiya, c. 1225 B.C., R.S. 19.84
  15. Hurrian Hymn 8

    16. Puhiya(na), c. 1225 B.C., R.S. 14.18
  16. Hurrian Hymns 5

    17. Anon., c. 1225 B.C., R.S. 14.15, 19.154 and 19.164c
  17. Hurrian Hymns 4, 21 and 22

    18. Anon., c. 1225 B.C., R.S. 19.155 and 19.148
  18. Hurrian Hymns 7 and 10

    19. Anon., c. 1225 B.C., R.S. 19.164a and 19.164b
  19. Hurrian Hymns 16 and 30

    20. Anon., c. 1950 B.C., N. 3354
  20. Musical instruction for "Lipsit-Istar, King of Justice"

    21. Egyptian Music

    Anon.
  21. Trumpet call

    22. Anon.
  22. Isis sistrum rhythm

    23. Anon., 7-6th c. B.C., Brooklyn Museum 58.34
  23. Harp piece I
  24. Harp piece II

Playing time: 46' 45"

Performers:
Ensemble De Organographia [Gayle Stuwe Neumann (strings, voice, percussion), Philip Neuman (winds, strings, percussion, voice)]

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1999 or prior], rel. 1999

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.):

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Pierre-F. Roberge