THE OLDEST SONG IN THE WORLD
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2020
- This song to the Hurrian goddess Nikkal, is the oldest piece of music for which we have both the words and the accompanying musical notes. The work was written on clay tablets around 3500 years ago, and was discovered by archaeologists in the 1950’s in the ruins of the ancient city of Ugarit.
The tablets, which are written in the Hurrian language using Sumerian cuneiform script, have been studied for years by a number of eminent scholars, and several theories have been advanced as to how the music should be interpreted. In my opinion, the most thorough and convincing interpretation (and by far the most musical), is that offered by archaeomusicologist, Dr. Richard J. Dumbrill, and that is the one which you hear in this video.
The long-necked lute you see me playing is a cross between the Turkish baglama and the Persian setar. I made this instrument myself as an experiment. It has four strings but the bass notes are a double course. It is tuned F-C-F. Lutes of this type have been played since the most ancient times throughout Mesopotamia and Anatolia.
The pipes you hear are replicas of the 5000 year old silver pipes discovered in the Sumerian city of Ur in the 1920’s. These are reed instruments but since I cannot play wind instruments and sing at the same time, I sampled the pipes and I am playing them by means of a pedal keyboard, similar to the kind of pedalboard used by organists. My left foot controls the lower register pipe, and my right foot the higher register. Players of these instruments used the technique known as “circular breathing”, which is still used today for wind instruments like the Armenian duduk, and the Australian didgeridoo. This song was performed live, in a single pass. Nothing was added or overdubbed.
The text of the song is not well understood because the Hurrian language has not been thoroughly studied and the original tablet has bits missing. The goddess Nikkal, like most lunar deities, was associated with fertility and childbirth. Here is a very rough idea of what experts believe is being sung by the singer. I have tried to make this poetic rather than literal.
I have made offerings to the goddess
That she will open her heart in love,
And that my sins will be forgiven.
May my jars of sweet sesame oil please her,
That she may look kindly upon us,
And make us fruitful.
Like the sprouting fields of grain,
May women bring forth with their husbands
And may those who are yet virgins
One day be blessed with children.
Dude is carrying the bronze age community
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Beautifully put.
Beyond the epic sound, something reaching cosmic consciousness' itself...
Vibes out of time, out of turn. Wonder what tales they told the children then.
They're too busy eating avocado on toast to make music.
We will never forget what the Sea People did that fateful day
𐏈𐎠𐎡𐎬𐎩𐎫𐎥𐎹𐏁𐏂𐎿𐎾𐎾𐎿𐎱w𐎱𐎠 🗿🗿🗿
@@as-above-so-below-that's actually the Achaemenid Persian Cuneiform version you've used here
@@ShahanshahShahin Yeah, I know, the first sight I went to only had that and not the original Cuneiform script
I am going to download this song on my clay tablet.
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Heh heh good one.
69th like from me 🙃
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I recall this. Centuries ago I was sitting outside the walls of the big city of Uruk one moonlit night, drunk staring into the distance where the river Euphrates ran into the darkness of the horizon. My friend Unnnak Lil started singing this. And I joined in. We heard some dogs howling along with this. That was fun. Now in my hundred and fifty first rebirth, I still retain those memories. How time flies . Thank you singer.
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I remember you you filthy drunk! Damn teenagers, always ruining a old man’s sleep, I could not shut my eyes that day.
that time i was siiting behind you. i also enjoyed. those days :)
@@narendranathkar5243 Long time no see HA HA,
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I remember when I was ma zhu a god of lightning thunder an the ocean I remember becoming human an going back over deep sadness now I be been here again multiple lives an need to go back again an can't remember how only that I was ma zhu but this music resonates with me in ways I can't explain
Just the thought that people 3'500 years ago sang the same song is utterly amazing.
It’s what they think it sounded like, we have no way of knowing what exactly it sounded like
@Straight brown Male this is the oldest song that was written down basically. They found ancient tablets that had lyrics on them and also the melody of the song. After some interpreting they knew what notes to play but it wasn’t clear what tuning the instrument should be in or how long some of the notes were meant to be played for so they had to get creative
@@SoggySandwich80 No way that you know of.
For reals.
Biggest tune of 1480 BC. Who's still listening in 2020?
I remember me and my camel banging our heads to this song when it just came out...
We were young back then...
Good times.
These comments man I just can't
Who’s listening? Everyone here, at least.
Everyone here is listening, at least. Or...
Love this!
“So, what music do you like”
Me: “40’s”
“Oh so, 1940’s!”
Me: “no just 40”
this comment will have many likes
This is 1400 bc mind you, not even 40
@@rami_ferreyra Guy way down below said it 1st. He said "90s" and the other guy "1990s?" 1st guy "No. 90s." So yeah...only 98.999% plagiarized.
@@RRRIBEYE Plagiarized AND historically inaccurate.
1940s is nice too
Oldest song we know of, and it's not exactly banging rocks together. Makes one wonder what other wonderous music and lyrics have been lost to us, never to be heard again.
3500 years is not much in our species' history. We have been were human much, much, much longer.
4000 years later, this still holds up. And I really mean that.
No seriously, let's talk about how insanely good his voice is.
He survive 3500 years
@Unknown Jetson ok boomer
@Unknown Jetson you're dense and ignorant, that's why
@@BrunoNeureiter you just described everyone under the age of 35
@@jackknife4547 wow hold your guns cowboy
Imagine being the guy to write such a banger it's played for thousands of years.
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(or woman). Being nitpicky, the city this tablet was found in was destroyed around 1200 bce, and the tablet was found in the 1950s. so it literally hasn't been played for 3000 years... and that's what makes it all the more amazing. But that they wrote it down so we *can* play a version if it 3500 year later is just mind-blowing
@@spiqk Stop spaming!
@@AlIguana a woman wouldn't have made this
@@bruhpppoopoo8268really? Evidence for your assertion or I call BS
After 3,500 year , finally we got remastered version
it ain't an ancient song without the "OoOoOoOoOoOo!" in it, absolutely love it!
Good cover but man you should have seen it played live in Mesopotamia.
Wish i can reverse the time back to that ancient kingdom. Really wanna hear this song 😂
Haha yes, but Ugarit, not Mesopotamia
That pit was dusty. I think I got stoned.
I saw gilgamesh in uruk before he really got popular.
It used to be more refined than they would have you believe. You can still hear it played in the authentic version that was first heard by man long before they say it was even created, travel to sacred subterranean shrines and wait for the musicians to come play the songs they carry down through their families as a sort of legacy.
Sung by people who have long since turned to dust, their names unknown... forgotten through the drift of time except for this song that once slid of the edges of their lips. As in thousands of years we will also be forgotten.
peter pringle be single handidly reviving interest in 3500 year old music
They used to play this song 24/7 on Gilgamix FM radio back in the day
hahah
Smartass lol
I remember back in 1448 BC when me and my crew, “The Sons Of Teshub” used to crank this riding our chariots against through Amurru and Nuhashe. #Mittaniforever #Carcemishstands #CurseEgypt #Thutmosethebastard
Brings back good memories
Stolen joke but I still got to upvote
You are my new hero!
great comment
kusa
Man such a nostalgic feeling, only true homies know how it was to dance to this banger at the hanging gardens.
Good old days
I was born and riesed in Ugarit. Itś Pleasure to hear this piece pf art again from you. I feel the soul of My Granddad, who worked for years with the frensh archaeologist Prof. Cloude Shaeffer, would be happy and pleased in his grave.
Hurrians were Armenian. Not Arab
Ugarit still exists???
When he said, "OooooOOOOoOOoOOOoOoOOooOohhhhHHHHhhhhh," I really felt that.
I just wanted to let you know that I absolutely adore those ancient songs. Its truly an honor to have someone like you on this platform.
Let the night
Be filled with the scent of papyrus
Let the day
Be filled with the aroma of oranges
Come taste the fruit of the land
Let the waters carry our boats
Let the waters carry out spirit
Let the rains wash over the land
Birth comes with the rains
The cycle begins again
When he said 𒀕𒀖𒀗𒀙𒀨𒀮𒀱𒀼𒀾𒁃𒁜𒁦 it really stuck with me❤😂
Only 1500BC-kids can understand this.
@@wonderwoman133if you are serious
Then it's not a language but a font
Saying as kid from 1500 bc
Waited 4500 years for this drop
Parents in 1400 BCE be like: you kids listen to this shit?
Turn that noise down damnit! ua-cam.com/video/RtCxvv8Y3Bs/v-deo.html
Back in my day we listened to the wind.
@@andmicbro1 bro is that a ip address puller
Great. Next you’ll be dressing like a monotheist!
i remember listening to this on my i-stone
@@CP-ns5ed I'm sure it will blow up
Who's still listening 3420 years later?
I guess we are. Couldn't even get enough of it then...
MeeeeeeeeEe Eee eee eee eee eeeEEEEEEeeEeeeEEEEEee😉
Me: "Hey pass the aux "
:Friend: " You better not play that old stuff "
:Me: plays this song
BAHAHA
I can't understand the lyrics, but I can feel the song.
His voice is amazing.
Oh my God, and you are here, too! We have a very much similar feed
We meet again
Family reunion
Yeah, that's how music works
Only 1400 bce kids will remember
Well you are correct I remember this song my parents used to play it and before that we used to listen to the wind!!!
Todays kids will never understand that feeling when you bring home your freshly fired clay tablet and break out your oud and pipes to jam to the latest hits with your friends. Wish we could go back.
You can go back, I will say here
I remember being a kid helping my dad sell barley in the market place of Uruk, and a drunken now homeless bard singing this bop. Back then I thought it was annoying, now it's litty!! Instant nostalgia.
there are rumors, this song was in the top 40 hits for 14 weeks
14 centuries even.
This: “oldest song in the world”
Neanderthal who played bone flute: *me unga*
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Lol
Lol
this is the oldest written song that is complete
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Thank you Mr Pringe for recreating this piece of music. I live in Turkey and I can clearly say that it is very similar to Turkish, Persian, Armenian and Arabic ethnic music. It is astonishing to hear how the Hurrians, a civilization that lived 3500 years ago, used the same melodies and emotions we use today. After listening to this, I can clearly say that we humans do not create the melodies. Geography itself creates the music. We just listen and play.
That's so interesting, do you know where can i learn more in the subject? Cheers!
So who knows except the creator and our savior how many lives our souls have lived only The Holy Ghost. Ponder the veil as it has its purpose. Our Savior coined the word Days for the number. Today almost all are in darkness. There was a day that worshiped birds of the sky and fish of the sea as it was not understood how these creatures flew or swam in the seas.
I'm surprised if he hasn't studied Mesopotamian music and allowed it to influence his interpretation. I'm a big fan of Mesopotamian, Turkish and other music in the region and I agree that there is a similarity.
I even ponder if he (his soul) lived in the past long ago and sang the music then , today this thought has been taken from the mind of most. We do live in end times just look around and at the sky and all the events that surround. @@Uttrediay
Shoutout to the homie that recorded this 3000 years ago
Oldest song or not, this man's academic interpretation definitely,. well to me, captures the spiritual nature of song in those times..
I can listen to this for hours.
Very impressed!!
I was just about to say this, be it true or not, Peter Pringle is a absolute artist od showing the true ambient and magic of the song, the time period.
Teenagers now bragging abt listening to 70s music is I listen to that 1400 bc shit is slapping
Can u imagine the hype when this banger first came out?
Must have been blastin out of every teenagers room.
Our most sacred songs and prayers will become intergalactic shitpost in a few millennia
I remember when this came out.
I think I remember when Hendricks got his hands on dis ...
I remember at that times, when we ate bread and had some beer talking about Gilga and his gans.
i almost got decapitated once, that madlad
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What about Gilga and his mesh?
Why do the old songs fill me with such melancholy? They reach deep into your soul and touch the ancient places within us.
Sorrow for what is lost, but that's just what I think.
Songs of those times were prayers
Thus the deserts were gifted theme songs.
lmao
I'm listening to the original clay disc press
One like?!?!?! This was an actual laugh out loud comment.
It would be more accurate to say: "The most ancient song that we know."
Exactly, I just thought the same thing
When my boomer coworkers say they only like the oldies I put this on for them
If it is a close copy of the original, I won't worry about details, this version is very moving and enjoyable. I can imagine those women of old Syria sitting out under the peach-coloured moon singing this song quietly and praying for healthy happy children and blessings on the mothers with her gift of sesame oil. Just beautiful. Thank you.
To think Islam threw away the beautiful pagan religions that produced this
@@sickfvckkkkk as a syrian, i agree so much with ur comment. islamisation has been well.... hell.
@@tsweet777 It's awful watching pagan cultures get entirely wiped out, both in the west and the east. Losing Mesopotamian mythology is especially painful though, it is one of the oldest traditions and deserves to be remembered at the very least for the rich history it contextualizes.
Only 1500 BC kids remember.
Brings back the time when I helped my mate dissect his slave's liver to divine the whereabouts of his missing bronze sword. Good times
You would’ve been the slave. Are you today a rich factory owner? No. A salaried worker? Yes. You would’ve been the slave.
@@MemberHomei Yikes, who pissed in your porridge this morning? (you're still right though).
Damn i just lost my wallet, whose liver do i need to sacrifice now?
Why is this recommended after 3423 years
Because of slow internet connexion!
(Fri 29 Apr 2022 22h55)
😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@DifferentSaturner 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@katekatey279 LOL
I find things like this absolutely fascinating. I wish ancient music was more studied so we could piece together even more songs!
It seems like that one song Serj Tankian listens to every morning, stereotypically speaking.
Why the hell does that make so much sense?
@@Nergal_Slayer He's Armenian and SOAD's sound is in part influenced by that side of the planet's music, so, this sounds simillar to that style, might be the probable reason.
wait why is there three buffed naked dudes at my backyard
Is this a JOJO reference?
@@yojerrylookatthissht3822 ayayyyayyyyy
@@gamalielbontilao3679 ok.... Suisei
@@yojerrylookatthissht3822 ok... Zodiac Helcurt.
No, i'm not crying, it just the euphrates and tigris flowing from my eyes
Omg I'll never forget the year this came out. Famin and sickness plagued the lands..I guess some things never change
Winner of the Proto-Indo-European Song Contest
Hurrian not a indo-european language
*Of Ancient semithic
@@e.fontanot3809 actually not. Hurrian is a isolated language and related with the Urartian.
A certified hood classic
Nag-Hood Classic
Even classical music feels like a new gen hip hop if compared to this song
😂 but seriously, it's a good point!
Classical during its early days was basically Metallica in the 1980s. Loud, bombastic, expressive, and absolutely not what your grandmother thought you should be listening to. It's all got a lot more in common than you think lol
Awesome. I understand it was listened to by the ancients on their iStones
I hope you understand that the word guitar means "gi" "tar" which means "string". The instrument he is playing is close to the "sitar" or "setar". Bet you feel that you belong to the stone age now.
@@edwardspencer9397 Too funny. But so true Thanks for the knowledge and the laugh
Sounds like a progressive death metal song opening.
It’s really a Candlemass song
Dear Peter, I think your interpretation is completely legitimate as it follows the original pattern. I do not like the background material. but the melody is very good. I will use it in my talks as one of the possible interpretations. Well done
He’s singing, “We are never ever getting back together….”
I just listened to this on acid, and you have no idea what just happened in this entire room.
We must find older scriptures, this can't be it.
i was expecting to start playing smoke on the water
when he said
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I felt that
Peter is the best and rarest limited edition of Pringles, flavored with unbelievably ancient music
We making it out of Uruk with this one !!!!
The algorythm has brought us once again and for my greatest pleasure
Guys he plays so much ancient music... maybe he’s a vampire that lives forever and he actually learnt all of these millenniums ago
Peter “Lestat” Pringle
KazzArie lol
Couldn't remember the oldest song in the world, no - this is just a tribute
When this first came out i had the lyrics on my tablet!!
I dont know why is this in my recommended, but I dont regret it
wow, there was already a color camera in those days!
This man has a very distinct kind of charisma. And talent. It’s like I’m being transported back to the times this song was written in.
I closed my eyes and it felt like the past was calling out to me- very spiritual music!
This is a remarkable song. And, Peter Pringle, you did a remarkable job interpreting it.
Any three thousand year olds still listening in 2020?
just here waiting for the DMCA claim from some 1500 B.C record label
As you played this, for a brief moment I felt a connection to people listening to someone play this piece who lived 3,500 years ago. There's a beauty and depth to this music that moved me in ways I never expected when I clicked this video. The effort that went into taking this from cuneiform on a stone tablet and translating that into a modern musical score must have been quite intense, to put it mildly. Thank you for sharing this!
Peter Pringle needs to be protected at all costs.
May recommendation unite us again next 10 years
Of course it will
Of course it will
Of course it will
Of course it will
I like this song, but their earlier works are way better
Glad this song wasn’t lost in time. So touched to see it being interpreted in this manner. Awesome ❤
Bro is gonna sell me the finest quality copper
This is from Sumer, not Akkadia. Sumerian civilization predates the Akkadian Empire and Ea-Nasir's time in Ur.
@@Null_Experis bro who tf is gonna sell me my copper then???!?
Your Mother?@@EnglishOrthodox
It's my sleepover, i get to choose the music
Me and the boys 1400 bce in the tavern enjoying a nice cup of Ninkasi Beer and this banger starts playing. Life is sweet for a moment.
Only 1380 B.C. kids will remember this banger
lmao
actually 1420 B.C.
@@marty644 I was close
I’m waiting for this and the Gilgamesh song to be on Spotify.
😮way cool. Thanks for sharing this with me.
Same lol
It feels like some Romans are going to start invading my back yard in a dramatic slowmo battle
*Hadrian has entered the chat and is requesting your location*
@@breeeegs #parthians
This was way before the Romans. Just saying
I was hoping he was going to play smoke on the water
0350365 BC
This is the best song to sell low-grade copper too.
only hurrian kids would remember
I remembee cuz im a hurrian kurdisc boi our music is the same like this
Imagine the godly rejoice of Nikkal, when this song played again for the first time after thousands of years!
This is not the oldest song in the world...
This is just a tribute
Cover*
only true 1400s BCE kids remember when this banger dropped
Heck yeah. When me and the boiz went to the club and heard this banger😎
I was rulling Egypt at that time
@Occasional Commenter Yeah
people call it progress, but i feel the more we move forward, the more we lose.
Damn dude, thass deep... thass deeeep.
psychedelic shouldnt be satanized anymore theres a deep conection between us and the so called creator logic has always been a part of him human kind is the only animal that pursue and kill his own peace brother
@@rodrigoveraaraya4717 If a god exists it's the same thing as your Ego.
The Ego requires confirmation from others to survive.
Humans cannot live alone unless they are mentally ill or have some mental defect.
So what is God?
God is there when you are alone and have nobody else to lean on.
Does God exist?
Who the fuck knows, just a useful thought to know you can trust yourself even when on your own.
I came to this conclusion debating whether total Genocide of the human species was a negative or a positive and seeing how we as Humans invented negative and positive and we need to be there to conclude which it is then once we are all gone there is neither so it is in fact "OK" to commit Genocide as long as it is a total Genocide of the Human species.
@@ricelemon1921 r/im14andthisisdeep
I think Keith Richards first covered this song in 1500 BC.
HELP MY FURNITURE IS FLOATING
A human life is about 100 years long. Music is inmortal and lives ages.
Alt girls be like: “do you listen to Tyler the Creator or Rex Orange County?”
nah bitch, all I listen to are ancient Hurrian hymns, you probably wouldn’t know them. They’re super “underground”😉
About 10m actually :D
About six feet
Under bedrock
Under the earth's crust
Lol