The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian

Why HN readers recommended it

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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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Peter Pringle

Topic

ancient sumerian music

Format

music

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• 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 …

• 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 …

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