Music of Ancient Rome and Greece

[hoplite14gr]

Splendit Ioannis. Laudes
Kind regards

[Susanna]

There was a part found of the swain lyrae. Its in an exhibition catalogue:
"Gifts of the muses - Music in ancient Greece", Exhibition Athen / Berlin.

It was made from hollow silver ;-) )

[Sergey Lenkov]

Susaanna, on webpage by Danek/Hagel about Homeric singing is stated that because lyra had four strings - performer could play only four notes melody. What do you think of it as perforner? Was the music in Mecaenean and Homeric epochs so primitive - or you could play more developed melodies on this lyre?

[hoplite14gr]

Sergey in the image there are 5 strings depicted.
Why Danek/Hagel would claim 4?
Kind regards

[Susanna]

Stefan Hagel is a friend of mine and I think he is one of the best resources of ancient music. He is also a very good musician on the greek aulos and the greek kithara. ;-) )

Four strings are claimed to be a "phorminx", one homeric form of a lyra that was used for story telling. Beside that there were also lyrae with five strings, which had a different form.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorminx

that article is quite right and good. :wink:

It had also four strings to play a "symphonia", means a melody with a grammar tone, the quart, the quint and the octave (at least most scolars think so).
I think therefore Stefan´s interpretation is professionell and beautiful. :wink:

[Sergey Lenkov]

Thank you for the answer.
Stefanos, I meant not your image but the page that was not once mentioned above
http://www.oeaw.ac.at/kal/sh/

[hoplite14gr]

I had only a question as I am not knowlegable in musical instruments.
Thank you Sergay and Suzana.
Laudes

Kind regards

[Sergey Lenkov]

More Mycenaean evidence: The Lyre Player fresco from Pylos.

[url:3s1tvtgq]http://www.hartzler.org/cc307/mycenaean/images/60.jpg[/url]

In its style it looks like famous frescoes of Crete, from pre-Mycenian period. What do you think of it? Work of painter from Crete:?:

[hoplite14gr]

Probaly Sergei. There is mention of "traveling artists and artisans" in clay tablets. But also one might be influneced by another and vice versa.

Kind regard

[Sergey Lenkov]

Ok, Stefanos!

[Sergey Lenkov]

Susanna (and Severin), Stefanos, Vortigern Studies, Arthes, Ebusitanus, Ioannis, GALLA PLACIDIA (and all other visitors of our thread) - wish you happy New Year, health, success and happiness, to talk with you was a real pleasure for me! D
And of our course - let's thank Jasper who gave us this wonderful possibility !!!

[Jorel]

Hi all! Just to say that I've received the Symphonia Panica's cd yesterday from Susanna I just love it! Thank you so much!
I will send you a present from Portugal...or from the Roman province - Lusitania!

:wink:

Jorge

[Susanna]

Good that you like it ;-) )

I am noisy for any gift...

[Susanna]

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[Sergey Lenkov]

While waiting for new releases of CDs with authentic music -
just for fun (founded on www.myspace.com ) -
band "Heraclite" from Greece plays and sings "industrial blues" in Ancient Greek language.
If not the music itself, but the idea seemed for me original and funny
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =122492577
Why not?