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Syria: Scholar Composes Music from Archaeological Ugaritic Cuneiform Tablet
Global Arab Network ^
| Thursday, July 8, 2010
| H. Sabbagh
Posted on 07/09/2010 9:34:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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07/09/2010 9:34:26 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
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07/09/2010 9:39:45 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SunkenCiv
Ajjan composed three musical pieces based on the musical notes in the tablet which dates back to 1400 BC, naming the pieces "Sunrise," "Sunset" and "Holiday in Ugarit."Thank you for posting this! I went back to the article to look for an *.mp3 file, but no luck.
We know the Psalms in the Bible were set to music, but we currently have no idea of which music was used. I wonder if this find from Syria is related to musical notation in the Psalms.
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posted on
07/09/2010 9:39:57 AM PDT
by
thecodont
To: SunkenCiv
Is it the "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" riff?
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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07/09/2010 9:42:38 AM PDT
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wku man
(Who says conservatives don't rock? Go to www.myspace.com/rockfromtheright)
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07/09/2010 9:44:20 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: thecodont
To: thecodont
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posted on
07/09/2010 9:56:36 AM PDT
by
Textide
To: thecodont
He should have named the third one “If I Were A Rich Man”.
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07/09/2010 9:57:09 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Lazarus Starr; Textide
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07/09/2010 9:58:01 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Textide; Lazarus Starr
Thanks for the links!
The Hymn to the Moon sounds like techno music.
To my ears, the lyre piece in the YouTube link starts out with “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and ends up with The Who.
To: thecodont
To my ears, the lyre piece in the YouTube link starts out with God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and ends up with The Who. Haha, yeah the guy rocks out at the end. Will have to research how they could figure out the tuning and timing of that piece. Even modern, transcribed music is open to a huge amount of interpretation.
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posted on
07/09/2010 10:23:05 AM PDT
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Textide
To: SunkenCiv
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07/09/2010 10:28:21 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Textide
You know how hard it is to translate accurately between two modern languages. Nuance and colloquialisms kill translations all the time. Now someone is telling us that tuning and timing have also been figured out? My guess would be that it's ALL a guess.
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07/09/2010 10:47:02 AM PDT
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Pecos
To: SunkenCiv
“The first written alphabet, the Ugaritic alphabet, was invented around 1400 BC.”
I detect a bit of chauvinism here. More likely derived than invented, from what I read, and more likely preceded by the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet, perhaps by several centuries (used by “Semitic slaves in northern Egypt”).
To: SunkenCiv
a-b-c-d-e-f-g
h-i-j-k-lmnop
q-r-s
t-u-v
w-x
y and z
Now I know my “ABCs”,
Next time won’t you sing with me
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posted on
07/09/2010 11:00:17 AM PDT
by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: SunkenCiv
You want us to play "Holiday in Ugarit"???
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07/09/2010 1:08:27 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: wku man; JoeProBono; Pecos; wildbill; colorado tanker
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07/09/2010 1:14:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: Lazarus Starr
That MP3 computer version was good enough to worship a deity with and sacrifice a sheep, but play that music with a Pan flute and three Ocarina’s and it was to die for.
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07/09/2010 2:02:00 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: Textide
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07/09/2010 2:09:12 PM PDT
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Sawdring
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