Lecture:
Lecture: Ancient Sounds of Greece
Location:
Doris Duke Theatre
About the Lecture:
A lecture-concert of ancient Greek Music 800 BC-400 AD
American Institute of Archeology
Come be aurally transported to the cradle of western civilization. Music, melody, chord, tone, rhythm, poetry, are all words and concepts with Greek origins. The lecture includes songs performed by reconstructed instruments—the ancient lyre and salpinx (ancient trumpet). Dr. Nikos Xanthoulis is the former Principal Trumpet Player for the Greek National Opera and Associate Researcher at the Academy of Athens, Greece. Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America and University of Hawaii. Free
