What ancient Greek music truly sounded like remains
generally shrouded in mystery. Only occasional finds and inscriptions shed some
light on the matter.
As developed earlier in the post Another
reconstruction of ancient Greek music, I inserted a soundtrack composed by David Creese, a classist
from the University
of Newcastle
Today, I traced what is called the “pre-final edition” of
the first choral performance with aulos of a composition by Athenaeus’ of his Delphic Paean from 127
BC and another one written by Euripides
for his chorus in Orestes from 408 BC.
The explanation is given by Armand
D'Angour, whom I quoted in my earlier post Reconstructing
ancient Greek Music, an impossible task? Enjoy!
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