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Oldest song found rewrites Western music origins
Berkeley researchers unveil a cuneiform lyre song dating to 2600 B.C. that suggests Western music began in the Near East. Kilmer and Crocker presented to about 1,000 at Wheeler Auditorium, noting the Hurrian text shares the same heptatonic diatonic scale as later Greek and European music. The work, though, leaves lyrics largely unknown and awaits tablet discoveries to confirm the breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacey Fosburgh
N.Y
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Richard L. Crocker
Greece
Near East
Crocker
Anne D. Kilmer
Assyriology
Cean Humanities
College of Letters and Science
Ras Shamra
Syria
Ugarit
Dr. Crocker
Kilmer