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Whats the oldest music piece we know of? Just wondering..
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musicioso
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Whats the oldest music piece we know of? Just wondering..
on: August 31, 2012, 12:27:24 AM
Whats the oldest music piece we know of? Just wondering..
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ajspiano
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Re: Whats the oldest music piece we know of? Just wondering..
Reply #1 on: August 31, 2012, 12:35:10 AM
hurrian song - 1400BC..
my reference may be a bit shaky though?
https://www.amaranthpublishing.com/hurrian.htm
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j_menz
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Re: Whats the oldest music piece we know of? Just wondering..
Reply #2 on: August 31, 2012, 12:41:18 AM
The oldest piece we have a complete "score" of is the Seikilos Epitaph from around the first century (or possibly a bit earlier). We have fragments of the Delphic Hymns from around 140 BCE.
The earliest reference to music is the song of deliverance sung by Moses and Co after crossing the Red Sea (Exodus 15).
The earliest found musical instruments date back to 30-40,000 years ago.
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Re: Whats the oldest music piece we know of? Just wondering..
Reply #3 on: August 31, 2012, 10:11:05 AM
Cool!
Thanks for your replies.
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Re: Whats the oldest music piece we know of? Just wondering..
Reply #4 on: August 31, 2012, 10:44:25 AM
Ill echo jmenz the oldest written music is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikilos_epitaph
I heard this in a TED presentation. It was for his dead wife on a cylindrical stone.
Drums are almost 8000 years old.
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