Ancient Lyre First Written Melody Michael Levy

Michael Levy plays the first written melody on a replica of an ancient lyre that he made. Visit his wonderful website for a journey into the music of the ancient world. The image in this video is from the J. Paul Getty Museum collection, Cycladic marble harp player, circa 2500 bc. Michael Levy s arrangement is based on the original transcription of the melody, as interpreted by Prof. Richard Dumbrill. Here is a link to his book, The Archeomusicology of the Ancient Near East http:,