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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. ...
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What is a Hurdy Gurdy? Where did it come from? How is it played? Tuned? Built? We sit down with a local Hurdy-gurdy expert to chat about this medieval instrument.
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- Rob Scallon
Players of these instruments used the technique known as “circular breathing”, which is still used today for wind instruments like the Armenian duduk, and the Australian didgeridoo. This song...
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- Peter Pringle
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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Mar 6, 2020 · Williams described the theme as: “grinding away at you, just as a shark would do, instinctual relentless, unstoppable.”. The theme, rather unusually, features a tuba as the solo instrument in the first half of the theme. Williams enlisted tuba player Tommy Johnson to play on the score.
Apr 24, 2020 · 1888: 'The Lost Chord'. This is the earliest recording of music known to exist. In 1888 a recording of Arthur Sullivan's song 'The Lost Chord' was etched onto a phonograph cylinder. Sullivan was astounded at this new technology, but had his reservations too.
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Celesta. The celesta (/ sɪˈlɛstə /) or celeste (/ sɪˈlɛst /), also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five- octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box (three-octave). The keys connect to hammers that strike a ...
