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9 Ancient Melodies that Survive to This Day – Lyre Sheet Music
22.00 €
“There is no benefit when music stands secret and hidden.” — Lucian
Let’s unearth and learn together how to play a series of ancient melodies that somehow managed to survive and reach our modern world.
In this book, you will find surviving melodies from ancient Greece to ancient Syria, including a. simple tunes that probably were part of the everyday practice for the ancient lyre players, b. more demanding songs, along with c. musical interpretations of Homeric hymns.
In conclusion, this sheet music book is a guide to the oldest surviving melodies of the human species and, at the same time, a great place to practice further your playing and become an advanced lyre player.
As Lina Palera, the author of this sheet music book, states, “Our ultimate goal is to help you advance as a lyre player by providing you with rare material of long-forgotten beauty and great interest.”
Songs’ list: Oktasimos – Dekasimos ✦ Callimachus’ Hymn to Zeus ✦ Homeric Hymn to Demeter ✦ Hurrian Hymn to Goddess Nikkal ✦ Seikilos Epitaph ✦ 1st Delphic Hymn ✦ 2nd Delphic Hymn ✦ Hymn to Muse Calliope ✦ Hymn to Nemesis
“This Sheet Music Book is our latest addition to our effort to enrich the available educational resources for lyre and lyre-like musical instruments,” Nikolaos Koumartzis, the series’ director, explains.
The book is part of the Lyre Sheet Music series, in which some of the greatest lyre players around the world participate, including Thanasis Kleopas, Michael Levy, Theodore Koumartzis, Giorgio Sancristoforo, et cetera.
Pages: 28 | Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches
(sheet music for lyres or kitharas with 7 or more strings)
22.00 €
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^ Linus, the legendary lyre teacher, along with one of his students, Musaeus. This is one of the earliest surviving school scenes, and it is depicted on an Attic red figured kylix, ca. 450-400 BCE. Attributed to Eritrea Painter. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
< Linus, the legendary lyre teacher, along with one of his students, Musaeus. This is one of the earliest surviving school scenes, and it is depicted on an Attic red figured kylix, ca. 450-400 BCE. Attributed to Eritrea Painter. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
Bringing Ancient Artifacts Back to Life
Re-inventing the ancient lyre and re-introducing it to the modern world is an act that can directly connect us to our ancient heritage. Giving a voice to a musical instrument silenced for two thousand years and more is our way of paying our deed to the great minds of the ancient world.
Sheet music books, also known as scorebooks or songbooks, played a vital role in popularising mainstream musical instruments since the first was published in 1501 in the Venetian Republic by Ottaviano Petrucci. With such an abundance of scorebooks for the guitar or the piano, it is not by accident that modern lyre players are striving to learn using educational material that was not designed for their instruments.
So, how can a lyre scorebook be published when there are so many different types of lyres out there with entirely different tunings, note orientation, or number of strings? The solution is straightforward (but not easy): we have to standardize the lyre as the modern classical guitar was back in the 19th century by Antonio de Torres Jurado, Ignacio Fleta, Hermann Hauser Sr., and Robert Bouchet.
And this is exactly what we have been up to for the last decade. So, this Sheet Music Book is our latest addition to our effort to enrich the available educational resources for the lyre and lyre-like musical instruments.
References
Hawkins, J. (1776). A General History of the Science and Practice of Music, Cambridge University Press.
King, A. H. (1968). Four Hundred Years of Music Printing, Trustees of the British Museum, London.
Pöhlmann, E. (1970). Denkmäler altgriechischer Musik. Sammlung, Übertragung und Erläuterung aller Fragmente und Fälschungen
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9 Ancient Melodies that Survive to This Day – Lyre Sheet Music
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