Category Archives: Ancient scores

The Euripides Orestes Chorus

Posted on 2 August 2018 by Barnaby Brown

Score and commentary: Euripides-Orestes-Chorus_2018-08-02.pdf Open file formats: doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6885089 A tiny piece of mummy cartonnage with musical notation was found in 1892. Written in about 200 BCE, it is thought to transmit music composed by Euripides for his tragedy Orestes (408 BCE). My … Continue reading →

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Euterpe 2018 preparation

Posted on 28 April 2018 by Barnaby Brown

This page contains experiments in sound and notation. We are sharing these experiments so that 1) participants can prepare for the 1st Euterpe doublepipe school, and 2) scholars can send us feedback before rehearsals begin on 3 May. After the … Continue reading →

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Delphic Paean by Athenaios Athenaiou

Posted on 8 May 2017 by Barnaby Brown

Updated on 17 Jan 2019 Here is a draft of some performing materials I am developing with Armand D’Angour and Stefan Hagel. This is an experiment – we would welcome feedback from singers and academics. Our idea is to move away … Continue reading →

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The Seikilos Song on the Pompeii aulos

Posted on 30 April 2015 by Stefan Hagel

Here is the best-known ancient melody, played, for the first time since antiquity, both on a reproduction of an ancient instrument and in the original pitch (a = c. 480 Hz, so to say). The finger span on the lower pipe (Pompeii Pipe 2) … Continue reading →

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