The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian
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Peter Pringle sings the opening of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian, accompanied by a reconstructed ancient instrument. The description gives background on Sumer, cuneiform and how little is known about the language's pronunciation.
HN recommends it to fans of ancient music as a rare chance to hear an attempt at 4,000-year-old song.
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Here's the first tablet in original language sung by Peter Pringle (with help from prof. A. R. George for pronunciation) accompanied with music instruments available at the time: [LINK] , a continuation to a very popular video made years ago where he sung an excerpt: [VIDEO] .
In a somewhat similar vein, here's Peter Pringle singing the opening lines of The Epic of Gilgamesh (written 4,000 years ago), using our best guess at Sumerian pronunciation and playing a modern recreation of an instrument that the Sumerians would have had, as an attempt to guess what ancient Sumerian music might have sounded like: [VIDEO]
If you like this kind of stuff, you should listen to Peter Pringle singing the Epic of Gilgamesh while playing a reconstructed oud. While the melodies/rhythms he uses are his creation, the words are from the epic itself which was itself 2000 years old by the time of Ancient Greece. [VIDEO]
If you like this video, you will probably also like Peter Pringle's The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian: [VIDEO]
Hijacking this to point out Peter Pringle, who researches Sumerian music and even makes replica instruments for the songs: [VIDEO]