File Gurney MSS 2.13 - Music

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Gurney MSS 2.13

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Music

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  • 1970 - 1997 (Creation)

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2 folders

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(1911-2001)

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Music:

Correspondence:

  • Correspondence from ? at the Leeds General Infirmary (1 letter / 12 March 1974).
  • Correspondence from ?, Jill (1 letter / 1 October 1997).
  • Correspondence to ?, Edmond (1 letter / 12 November 1986).
  • Correspondence from B., B. (1 letter / not dated).
  • Correspondence from Kirkmann, G. (1 letter / June/July 1991).

Notes:

  • Footnotes on Babylonian music (p. 19).
  • Notes on Išme-Dagan V (3N-T 386).
  • Transliteration of Išme-Dagan V 2.5422.
  • Photocopy of facsimile of Sb 13931.
  • Transliteration and notes on Text XXI.

Offprints:

  • Wegner, Max, Griechenland: Musikgeschichte in Bildem Band II Musik des Altertums (Lieferung 4), 2nd revised ed. (Leipzig, 1970), p. 54-55.
  • Photocopy of section on "The Angular Harp" from unknown publication, p. 259.
  • Archaeologia musicalis 1/87, Study Group on Music Archaeology, International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM).
  • Bulletin of the International Council for Traditional Music 64 (April 1984).

Newspaper cuttings:

  • Collage of newspaper cuttings:
    • Fosburgh, Lacey, "Song heard again after 3,700 years", The Times (7 March 1974).
    • Gurney, O. R., "Assyrian Song", ? (11 March 1974).
    • Galpin, Brian, "Assyrian Song", ? (14 March 1974).
    • Lambert, W. G., "The Ugarit Tablet", ? (20 March 1974).
  • Ball, Ian, "3,700 yr-old love song is played again", Daily Telegraph (7 March 1974).
  • Eckert Jr., Thor, "Professor plays an 'oldy' - about 3,700 years: Assyrian discovery plucked on Sumerian lyre makes musical history", The Christian Science Monitor (date not known).
  • Fosburgh, Lacey, "World’s Oldest Song Reported Deciphered", The New York Times (6 March 1974).
  • Kilmer, Anne D. and Richard L. Crocker, "Assyrian Song", The Times (15 April 1974).
  • Spears, Lawrence M., "Musical Mystery: Was It the Rock of Ancients?", The National Observer (?).
  • Thayer, Paul, "Oldest Known Tune Performed", UC Clip Sheet 49 (29) (5 March 1974).

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford

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