The Hurrian Pieces, ca. 1350 BCE: Part One—Notation and Analysis

The least conjectural components of the earliest known system of musical notation (ca. 1850-500 BCE) are 14 names for pairs of strings. Each of these names designates a pair of numbered strings on a Mesopotamian harp or lyre. These numbered string-pairs provide a basis for analyzing the earliest mus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rahn, Jay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Analytical Approaches to World Music 2011-07-01
Series:Analytical Approaches to World Music
Online Access:http://aawmjournal.com/articles/2011a/Rahn_AAWM_Vol_1_1.pdf