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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

The Oldest Song in the World by Ancient Greek Artist Seikilos

The oldest song to have survived in its entirety is a first-century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.” The song, the melody of which is recorded, alongside its lyrics, in the ancient Greek musical notation, was found in 1883 engraved on a pillar (a stele) from the Hellenistic town of Tralles near present-day […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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