Tag Archives: notation

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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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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Notating aulos music?

Posted on 9 April 2014 by Stefan Hagel

When exchanging ideas about playing the aulos, I always try to bear one puzzling fact in mind: as far as we know, ancient musical notation was never used to write down a two-part motion. We may have traces of very … Continue reading →

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