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- Be Thou My Vision Year: c. 700 CE Place: Ireland Writer: Unknown Listen: here photo source: Wikimedia Commons – Public Domain “Be Thou My Vision” is a traditional Irish Catholic hymn written in Gaelic and later translated to English by Mary Byrne in the early 20th century.
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The oldest Irish song is the Dinnseanchas. Actually, it’s not a song but rather a collection of history compiled by Amergin MacAmalgaid around A.D. 544 that includes descriptions of Irish music. This is as traditional as our evidence of the Gaelic folk music gets.
The oldest Irish Gaelic song from the 19th century is believed to be “Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire” (The Lament for Art O’Leary). This traditional ballad was composed in the late 18th century and gained popularity in the 19th century.
- 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.
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