[tuning] Oldest known musical score

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Oldest musical score

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>In Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra) in Syria, an ancient tablet
was
>discovered in the 1950s dating back to 1400 BC. The
oldest known
>musical score, it takes the form of interval names and
number
>signs,
>and even has lyrics. The text is identified as a hymn to
the moon
>goddess Nikkal.
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>There is some controversy among ancient musicologists
over the
>proper
>interpretation of the notes, but all agree that it is a
genuine
>musical score. The markings were made in cuneiform
(wedge-
>shaped
>symbols) in the Hurrian language, and there is an exact
>correspondence between the syllables of the text and the
musical
>notes.
>
>The find was especially interesting because it overturned
>conventional views of ancient music, showing that the
diatonic
>(7-note) scale and musical harmony were in use more than
a
>thousand
>years earlier than was thought.
>
>Listen to the song and read about the different
interpretations:

http://members.aol.com/jazzdd/index.htm/westhuri.htm

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>More about the "oldest song in the world" with drawings
of the
>tablet:

http://www.webster.sk.ca/greenwich/EVIDENCE.HTM

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