Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians & Greeks

Album by Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne

Released 1999

Tracklist

  • 1
    Musical excerpts, Anonymous (2nd c. AD) POxy 4461
    3:02
  • 2
    Lament, Anonymous (2nd/3rd c. AD) POxy 4465
    1:42
  • 3
    Fragment 1, Anonymous (2nd c. AD), POxy 4462
    3:08
  • 4
    Paean, Anonymous (3rd/4th c. AD) POxy 4466
    1:39
  • 5
    Trochaic fragment Anonymous (3rd c. AD) POxy 3162
    0:59
  • 6
    Four settings from Menander's "Epitrepontes", Anonymous (3rd c. AD) POxy3075
    1:35
  • 7
    Excerpts mentioning Eros and Aphrodite, Anonymous (2nd/3rd c. AD), POxy 4463
    4:38
  • 8
    Musical Excerpt, Anonymous (3rd c. AD) POxy4467
    3:14
  • 9
    Hypolydian excerpt, Anonymous (2nd/3rd c. AD) POxy4464
    2:55
  • 10
    Fragment 3, Anonymous (3rd c. AD) POxy3161 verso
    1:59
  • 11
    A zaluzi to the gods (Hurrian Hymn 6), Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 15.30 + 49, 17.387
    3:49
  • 12
    Hurrian Hymns 19 and 23, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.149, 18.282
    1:33
  • 13
    Hurrian Hymns 13 and 12, Urhiya/Anon. (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.164d, 19.147
    0:40
  • 14
    Hurrian Hymn 2, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC)
    1:13
  • 15
    Hurrian Hymn 8, Uhriya (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.84
    1:20
  • 16
    Hurrian Hymns 5, Puhriya (c. 1225 BC) RS 14.18
    0:44
  • 17
    Hurrian Hymns 4, 21, and 22, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 14.15, 19.154, 19.164c
    2:32
  • 18
    Hurrian Hymns 7 and 10, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.155, 19.148
    1:54
  • 19
    Hurrian Hymns 16 and 30, Anonymous (c. 1225 BC) RS 19.164a, 19.164b
    2:09
  • 20
    Musical Instructions for "Lipit-Istar, King of Justice", Anon. (c. 1950 BC) N 3354
    0:43
  • 21
    Trumpet call, after Plutarch (1st c. AD)
    0:32
  • 22
    Isis sistrum rhythm, after Apuleius (2nd c. AD)
    0:31
  • 23
    Theban banquet scene, Anonmymous (c. 14th c. BC)
    1:33
  • 24
    Harp piece (A), Anonymous (7th/6th c. BC) Brooklyn Museum 58.34
    1:56
  • 25
    Harp piece (B), Anonymous (7th/6th c. BC) Brooklyn Museum 58.34
    2:02

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