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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> >> >> Apparently the ancient Greeks were big Sufjan Stevens fans... > > AA >