Dossier Gurney MSS 2.13 - Music

2 folders

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/Photocopies:

• 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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