Music of the ancient Greeks
by De Organographia (Musical group),
| Ancient Greek |
| Music CD 1997 |
| Available at 1 Library 1 of 1 copy |
Contents
Salpinx call / the "Sappho Painter" (5th c. BC) (:28)Hymn to the Sun / Mesomedes (1st c. AD) (2:45)
Dramatic speech / anonymous (c. 100 AD, Oslo papyrus inv. 1413) (2:09)
Song / Seikilos (1st c. AD) (2:04)
Invocation of the muse / anonymous (2nd c. AD) (1:31)
Invocation of Calliope and Apollo / Mesomedes (2nd c. AD) (3:22)
Delphic paean / Athenaeus (127 BC) (3:41)
Dramatic fragment / anonymous (3rd c. AD, Oxyrhynchus papyrus 3161, fragment 1) (:58)
Dramatic fragment / anonymous (3rd c. AD, Oxyrhynchus papyrus 3161, fragment 4) (1:06)
Dramatic fragment / anonymous (c. 200 BC, Vienna papyrus G 29825 a/b recto) (1:21)
Choral ode from Orestes / Euripides (c. 408 BC, Vienna papyrus G 2315) (1:13)
Choral ode from Iphigeneia at Aulis / Euripides (c. 404 BC, Leiden papyrus inv. 510) (1:17)
Piece from a satyr play / anonymous (2nd c. AD, Oxyrhynchus papyrus 2436) (2:38)
Instrumental piece / anonymous (2nd c. AD, Berlin papyrus 6870) (1:54)
Dramatic lament on Ajax's suicide / anonymous (late 2nd c. AD, Berlin papyrus 6870) (4:25)
Piece mentioning Erinyes / anonymous (2nd c. AD, Oxyrhynchus papyrus 3704) (3:05)
Christian hymn / anonymous (3rd c. AD, Oxyrhynchus papyrus 1786) (2:27)
Dramatic recitative / anonymous (c. 100 AD, Oslo papyrus inv. 1413) (2:15)
Instrumental exercises / anonymous (2nd c. AD, Anonymous Bellermann 97-104) (2:37)
Hymn to Nemesis / Mesomedes (2nd c. AD) (1:36)
Tragic dialogue on Orestes / anonymous (2nd c. AD, Michigan papyrus inv. 2958) (2:30)
Instrumental piece / anonymous (2nd c. AD, Berlin papyrus 6870) (2:26)
Paean / anonymous (late 2nd c. AD, Berlin papyrus 6870) (1:44)
Paean and processional / Limenius (127 BC) (7:18).
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Music, Greek and Roman.
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| Publisher | Oregon City, Or. :Pandourion,1997 |
| Participants/Performers |
De Organographia (Gayle Stuwe Neuman, voice, trichordon, lyra, kithara, psithyrā, tympanon; Philip Neuman, aulos, syrinx monokalamos, lyra, kithara, syrinx, kroupeza, phōtinx, psithyrā, salpinx, echeia, voice; with William Gavin, pandoura, pandourion, seistron, psithyrā, kymbala, tympanon). |
| Language |
Ancient Greek |
| Notes |
"Music from 500 BC to 300 AD performed on voice, lyra, kithara, aulos, pandoura, salpinx, syrinx, tympanon, and other ancient Greek instruments"--Container. Compact disc. "The bulk of the extant repertoire appears on this recording except for certain pieces now thought to be apocryphal, several very short fragments, and a number of others that appear on 'Music of the ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, and Greeks' from Pandourion Records (PRCD1005). All of the instruments used here are copies of ancient Greek instruments, built by the performers"--Booklet. Historical and program notes, English translations of vocal pieces, details of the instruments and sources, and biographical notes on the performers ([12] p.) inserted in container. |
| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |