#36 What Did Ancient Music Sound Like? (with guest Mitchell Bradley)

Its back to heavy episodes again! We have an absolutely cracking episode this week where we take a look at ancient music from Biblical times from both the Hebrews and those in the ancient world around them. We are joined by our good friend Mitchell Bradley who, as a pianist, has a great insight with music and the comparisons we can make with old music to music we have today. We look at why music is important and timeless, and why it is so prominent in the Bible. This episode is jam packed with snippets and clips of sounds from ancient instruments and songs, so have a listen and enjoy!

Follow along as we listen to the clips in the order that is posted in the sources below!

We also ask you to keep an eye out for Mitch and Pete's new podcast, "Building On The Rock", a podcast which goes through the old Biblical stories we all know to find out who God is and what the stories really mean.

Sources

Listed below or the sources and the songs which we used during the making of this podcast - All credit goes to the original owners and we do not lay claim to any ownership of these songs or videos. The podcast has used these with Copyright fair use in mind, making sure that we are using them as pieces that we are commenting on, and using them for education purposes.

Introduction Clip 1) The Lyre of Megiddo, performed by Peter Pringle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27opcKxcg1c

Introduction Clip 2) Gregorian chant - Deum Verum, performed by Composer: Etienne de Liege Service: Matins of the Feast of the Holy Trinity. Performers: Psallentes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5AohCMX0U

main section

Clips 1 & 2) The shofar (horn) - the oldest biblical wind instrument, performed by Yamma Ensemble - יאמה - يمة https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnkb7M3dKTg

Clip 3) Aulos, ancient Greek pipes, performed by Callum Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JFa8BZt2B0&t=4s

Clip 4) Ancient sumerian (2100bc) epic of gilgamesh, performed by Peter Pringle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcTsFe1PVs

Clip 5) Psalm 23 on harp interpretation - Performed by peregrinnatti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK0foD9zyGU

Clip 6) Salve Regina (12th century), performed by This chant is performed by CIRMA/ Ensemble Organum lead by Mr. Marcel Pérès Website: