Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Oldest Written Melody in History c.1400 BC!!!

Music inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the Hurrian city of Ugarit in Syria. One of these tablets contains the hymn to the goddess Nikkal (also known as simply h.6), making it the oldest surviving substantially complete work of notated music in the world.

Have a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viMbnj_Ei2A

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