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There are only a handful of pieces of music remaining from ancient Greece. And we do mean pieces; tiny scraps of papyrus and bits of stone with musical notes that are thousands of years old. Come with John Franklin, professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Vermont to meet the people who bring this ancient music back from the dead. Learn how they come to understand the slashes and squiggles that they see and translate them into music. And find out what they do when they learn that he music they’re playing was torn in half a thousand years ago and the other half is gone forever.
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There are only a handful of pieces of music remaining from ancient Greece. And we do mean pieces; tiny scraps of papyrus and bits of stone with musical notes that are thousands of years old. Come with John Franklin, professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Vermont to meet the people who bring this ancient music back from the dead. Learn how they come to understand the slashes and squiggles that they see and translate them into music. And find out what they do when they learn that he music they’re playing was torn in half a thousand years ago and the other half is gone forever.
Timing and Cues
In: (music) "This is 'Culture of Greece, the Past is Present.'
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athenaeus: Paean | John C. Franklin | The Cyprosyrian Girl. | 00:00 | ||
| Salpinx call | De Organographia | Music of the Ancient Greeks . | Pandourion | 1997 | 00:00 |
| Choral ode from "Orestes" | De Organographia | Music of the Ancient Greeks. | Pandourion | 1997 | 00:00 |
| Hymn to Nemesis | John C. Franklin | The Cyprosyrian Girl. | 00:00 | ||
| Hymn to the Sun | De Organographia | Music of the Ancient Greeks. | Pandourion | 1997 | 00:00 |
| Delphic Paean | De Organographia | Music of the Ancient Greeks. | Pandourion | 1997 | 00:00 |
| Choral Ode from "Iphigeneia at Aulis" | De Organographia | Music of the Ancient Greeks. | Pandourion | 1997 | 00:00 |
| Lysander of Sicyon 1 | John C. Franklin | The Cyprosyrian Girl. | 00:00 | ||
| Deuxième Hymne Delphique À Apollon | Gregorio Paniagua | Musique de la Grece Antique. | Harmonia Mundi Fr. | 2000 | 00:00 |
| Papyrus Michigan | Gregorio Paniagua | Musique de la Grece Antique. | Harmonia Mundi Fr. | 2000 | 00:00 |
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