Columbus, OH

Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians & Greeks

Release 1999

Tracklist

1
Musical excerpts, Anonymous (2nd c. AD) POxy 4461
3:02
2
Lament, Anonymous (2nd/3rd c. AD) POxy 4465
1:42
3
Fragment 1, Anonymous (2nd c. AD), POxy 4462
3:08
4
Paean, Anonymous (3rd/4th c. AD) POxy 4466
1:39
5
Trochaic fragment Anonymous (3rd c. AD) POxy 3162
0:59
6
Four settings from Menander's "Epitrepontes", Anonymous (3rd c. AD) POxy3075
1:35
7
Excerpts mentioning Eros and Aphrodite, Anonymous (2nd/3rd c. AD), POxy 4463
4:38
8
Musical Excerpt, Anonymous (3rd c. AD) POxy4467
3:14
9
Hypolydian excerpt, Anonymous (2nd/3rd c. AD) POxy4464
2:55
10
Fragment 3, Anonymous (3rd c. AD) POxy3161 verso
1:59
11
A zaluzi to the gods (Hurrian Hymn 6), Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 15.30 + 49, 17.387
3:49
12
Hurrian Hymns 19 and 23, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.149, 18.282
1:33
13
Hurrian Hymns 13 and 12, Urhiya/Anon. (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.164d, 19.147
0:40
14
Hurrian Hymn 2, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC)
1:13
15
Hurrian Hymn 8, Uhriya (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.84
1:20
16
Hurrian Hymns 5, Puhriya (c. 1225 BC) RS 14.18
0:44
17
Hurrian Hymns 4, 21, and 22, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 14.15, 19.154, 19.164c
2:32
18
Hurrian Hymns 7 and 10, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.155, 19.148
1:54
19
Hurrian Hymns 16 and 30, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.164a, 19.164b
2:09
20
Musical Instructions for "Lipit-Istar, King of Justice", Anon. (c. 1950 BC) N 3354
0:43
21
Trumpet call, after Plutarch (1st c. AD)
0:32
22
Isis sistrum rhythm, after Apuleius (2nd c. AD)
0:31
23
Theban banquet scene, Anonmymous (c. 14th c. BC)
1:33
24
Harp piece (A), Anonymous (7th/6th c. BC) Brooklyn Museum 58.34
1:56
25
Harp piece (B), Anonymous (7th/6th c. BC) Brooklyn Museum 58.34
2:02