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Dec 18, 2015 · “Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is considered the world’s earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos...
- Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal. Year Created: c.1400 BCE. Country of Origin: Ancient Amorite-Canaanite city of Ugarit (modern-day northern Syria) Written By: Unknown.
- Delphic Hymns. Year Created: c.128 BCE (first hymn may have been written in 138 BCE) Country of Origin: Ancient Greece. Written By: Delphic Hymn by Athénaios Athenaíou; Second Delphic Hymn by Limenios.
- Seikilos Epitaph. Year Created: c.100 CE. Country of Origin: Ancient Greek town of Tralles (modern-day Turkey) Written By: Seikilos – possibly to his wife Euterpe.
- Oxyrhynchus Hymn. Year Created: c. end of the 3rd century CE. Country of Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. Written By: Unknown. photo source: Wikimedia Commons. The Oxyrhynchus hymn is the oldest known Christian Greek hymn containing both lyrics and a melody.
Jul 29, 2012 · The Oldest known musical melody performed by the very talented Michael Levy on the Lyre. This ancient musical fragment dates back to 1400 B.C.E. and was discovered in the 1950's in Ugarit, Syria.
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The Seikilos epitaph is the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation, being dated between the first and second century CE. The song — the melody of which is recorded, alongside its lyrics, in ancient Greek musical notation — was found engraved on a pillar (a stele ) from the ancient Hellenistic town of ...
Aug 14, 2020 · The Hurrian Hymn is History's first Song. Well, the oldest known song. If we're really splitting hairs: the earliest written song that can be reconstructed. We're not even sure what the song...
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Apr 3, 2021 · Listen to the enchanting sound of the world’s oldest song, the Hurrian Hymn. The Hurrian Hymn was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text. It’s the oldest surviving melody and is over 3,400 years old.
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The oldest surviving written music is the Hurrian songs from Ugarit, Syria. Of these, the oldest is the Hymn to Nikkal (hymn no. 6; h. 6), which is somewhat complete and dated to c. 1400 BCE. However, the Seikilos epitaph is the earliest entirely complete noted musical composition.
