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And Gregorio Paniagua and the Atrium Musicae de Madrid (always a fascinating group) did an LP of 'Musique de la Grece Antique' for the French Harmonia Mundi label in the late 1970s. Admittedly speculative, it is interesting to hear but I too don't have much confidence that it really sounds anything like music in Ancient Greece. Gene [log in to unmask] On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Not the first time this has been attempted. Ara (sp?) Mandakian made an > HMV > 78 purporting to be of ancient Greek music. It was debunked in its day. > > On the other hand, there is ancient Chinese music played on instruments > found in caves or tombs, I forget which. Attempts to decode the written > music found with them were recorded using the instruments or facsimiles, > again, I forget which. These were pre-Han dynasty, as I recall, and used > an > eight rather than five note scale. The music was published. There was at > least one TV program about this find. Sarah Caldwell was involved in some > administrative way and I was also brought into the picture to organize part > of the financial end of things. I think she died before the scholarly > group of which she was a member resumed its work and I've no further info. > > Steve Smolian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Lewis > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 6:50 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Listen to 2,500-year-old music brought back to life > > As a musicologist I find this effort both unconvincing and laughable. > > Dave Lewis > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Aaron Levinson < > [log in to unmask] > > wrote: > > > On 10/23/13 5:53 PM, Roger Kulp wrote: > > > >> http://io9.com/listen-to-2-**500-year-old-music-brought-** > >> > back-to-life-1450701727< > http://io9.com/listen-to-2-500-year-old-music-brough > t-back-to-life-1450701727<http://io9.com/listen-to-2-500-year-old-music-brought-back-to-life-1450701727> > > > >> > >> Apparently the ancient Greeks were big Sufjan Stevens fans... > > > > AA > > >