"Ancient art has a certain inner content. In the past, art served the same purpose as is served today by books – the purpose of preserving and transmitting certain knowledge. In ancient times they did not write books but expressed knowledge in works of art. We shall find many ideas in the ancient art which has reached us, if we know how to read it. Every art was like that then, including music. And people of ancient times looked on art in this way. You saw our movements and dances. But all you saw was the outer form — beauty, technique. But I do not like the external side you see. For me, art is a means for harmonious development. In everything we do the underlying idea is to do what cannot be done automatically and without thought."

—Gurdjieff, Views from the Real World

Medieval art

Black figure ware lidded Amphora featuring a kithara contest.

Athens, 510-500 BCE

Attributed to the Leagros group.

Music of the Gothic Era

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The Early Music Consort of London & David Munrow

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David Munrow. English early music pioneer: · http://davidmunrow.org

Could precise measurements unlock the secrets of paradise and connect us to ancient realms beyond? Naupa Iglesia is a sacred site where meticulous measurements resonate with musical notation connecting us to the wisdom of past civilizations.

So I was reading about early medieval lyres and learned that there was one perfectly preserved lyre found in Germany which they managed to preserve in alcohol in Berlin. I got super hyped about it, hoping to see a picture or which museum collection holds it.

Turns out the lyre was destroyed in the Second World War when Russian soldiers DRANK the alcohol.

Might be the most depressing stuff i’ve ever read

Listen/purchase: Ambient Choir Experiment by Holographic Sky

Hi! I made another Dark Vocal Ambient Choir thing. Enjoy!

Have I ever posted a link to the Ancient Lyre guy?

DOWLAND // 'In Darkness Let Me Dwell' by Alexander Chance and Toby Carr

Hydraulis, or water organ (bronze; c. late 2nd century CE)

Discovered in the Villa od Dionysus at Dion (Greece) on August 19, 1992

On display at the Archaeological Museum of Dion (Dion-Olympos, Greece)

Palazzo Sanguinetti, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna.

Listen to this artist, thank me later!!!!!! I desperately want this artist to become popular!!!

I am looking for this CD that doesn't seem to exist beyond a short song on YouTube, has anyone heard of it?

Festina Lente Suoni e strumenti della'antica Roma by Ludi Scaenici, it came out in 2011.

I would love to hear its reconstructed ancient tunes but they are nowhere to be found within my reach :(

Gérard Le Vot

Troubadours & Trouvères · play album

Gérard Le Vot (voice, harp, percussion, direction)

Dominique Ferran (portatif organ), Marion Chauvineau (hurdy-gurdy), Paul Fustier (hurdy-gurdy, recorder), Marcello Ardizzone (fiddle, rebec), Julien Skowron (fiddle, rebec), Jean-Claude Trichard (lute), Patrick Verdié (recorder, shawm, string tambourine), Eric Montbel (bagpipes, shawm), Anne-Marie Lablaude (voice), Elisabeth Renault (voice), Jean-Blaise Roch (voice), Dominique Vellard (voice).

Tracks 1-8: Agosto-septiembre, 1980 Tracks 9-16: Agosto-noviembre, 1981 Edition: 1993

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