{"id":1496,"date":"2010-11-03T09:41:32","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilktone.com\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2010-11-03T09:41:32","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T13:41:32","slug":"music-from-ancient-sumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/?p=1496","title":{"rendered":"Music From Ancient Sumer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ensemble de Organographia is a group that specializes in performing music of the ancient world on period instruments. \u00a0Recently, with some help from archeologists, they have recreated music from ancient <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumer\">Sumer<\/a>. \u00a0Here are a couple of videos of what Sumerian music might have sounded like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2H8_13x3JaI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6dVQqtlbPP0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">They have released an album of this music that also includes music from ancient Egypt and Greece as well. \u00a0Now perhaps the next time I teach Music Appreciation I should start the historical portion with ancient music, rather than with music from the Middle Ages. \u00a0I see they also have an earlier album of music from ancient Greece, so I have no excuse now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ensemble de Organographia is a group that specializes in performing music of the ancient world on period instruments. \u00a0Recently, with some help from archeologists, they have recreated music from ancient Sumer. \u00a0Here are a couple of videos of what Sumerian music might have sounded like. 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