First Performance in 1000 years
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
April 25, 2016 4:51pm CST
Not even our Great Greats have heard this one! Was just reading an article I came across about a performance that happened yesterday. 11th Century songs were brought back to life, after nearly two decades of research and study.
The article goes on to talk about how music was written / read back in the 11th century, and a little on what it took to translate the music into notes we could play today.
The piece they played from was presumed lost, after a man in the 1800's "accidentally" took it from Cambridge University.
Article :
An ancient song repertory will be heard for the first time in 1,000 years this week after being ‘reconstructed’ by a Cambridge researcher and a world-class performer of medieval music
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@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
25 Apr 16
It would be interesting to listen to a song which was made 1,000 years ago.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Apr 16
Yes, perhaps they'll do more performances of it, and televise / radio broadcast it.
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@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
25 Apr 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum I would like to listen to it. It must be interesting, I think!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Apr 16
@quantum2020 I would think so as well. The instruemnts they would have used would be quite different than what we have today.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Apr 16
Yes. I imagine it was very haunting and beautiful to hear. I'd love to hear it myself.
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@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
26 Apr 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum Sure it would be an experience of a life time
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
25 Apr 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum
I would not be a bit surprised if it didn't sound kind of strange.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
26 Apr 16
@Marcyaz It would definitely be a far cry from what we are used to today. Even our "New Age Classic" Musicians sound distinctively different from their older classic counterparts.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Apr 16
I know I would be definitely interested in hearing it. YEs the music was written different, we didn't have the music notes like we do today.
i think it would be a very chilling experience, surreal almost.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Apr 16
I honestly have no idea how to respond to this because I am not sure if you are being serious or joking.
@mininifty (38)
• Belmont, Michigan
25 Apr 16
Wow! True history in the making! I wonder what the writing looked like! I know it took a little time to develop the music notation we use today.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
25 Apr 16
The link I posted talks about it. I think our notes were developed a century or so after this piece was originally composed.
