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Delphic Hymn
The Delphic Hymns are two musical compositions from Ancient Greece, which survive in substantial fragments. They were long regarded as being dated and 128 BC, respectively, but recent scholarship has shown it likely they were both written for performance at the Athenian Pythaids in 128 BC. If indeed it dates from ten years before the second, the First Delphic Hymn is the earliest unambiguous surviving example of notated music from anywhere in the Western world whose composer is known by name. Inscriptions indicate that the First Delphic Hymn was written by Athenaeus (musician), Athenaeus, son of Athenaeus, while Limenius is credited as the Second Delphic Hymn's composer. History Both Delphic Hymns were addressed to Apollo, and were found inscribed on stone fragments from the south outer wall of the Athenian Treasury at Delphi in 1893 by France, French archaeologist Théophile Homolle, while Henri Weil restored the Greek text and Théodore Reinach transcribed the music t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delphic Hymns To Apollo, 128 BC, Inscription In AM Of Delphi, 201386a (cropped)
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