Identity area
Reference code
Gurney MSS 2.13
Title
Music
Date(s)
- 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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