This video features my arrangement for solo lyre, of "HYMN TO THE MUSE" - a hauntingly beautiful surviving fragment of the mostly lost music of ancient Greece. This piece was written almost 2000 years ago, by Mesomedes of Crete...

Mesomedes of Crete was a Greek lyric poet and composer of the early 2nd century AD. More information can be found at:

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The translation of this ancient, 2000 or more year old song (which mercifully, I am NOT going to attempt to sing!), are as follows:

'Sing for me, dear Muse, begin my tuneful strain; a breeze blow from your groves to stir my listless brain...Skillful Calliope, leader of the delightful Muses, and you, skillful priest of our rites, son of Leto, Paean of Delos, be at my side'. (translation by J. G. Landels).

All of my 9 albums of mystical, ancient lyre music are now available from iTunes...

1)"An Ancient Lyre": [ Ссылка ]

2)"King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel":
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3)"The Ancient Biblical Lyre": [ Ссылка ]

4)"Lyre of the Levites": [ Ссылка ]

5)"Apollo's Lyre": [ Ссылка ]

6)"Ancient Times -- Music of The Ancient World":
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7)"The Ancient Greek Modes": [ Ссылка ]

8)"The Ancient Greek Lyre": [ Ссылка ]

9)"Ancient Visions -- New Compositions for an Ancient Lyre": [ Ссылка ]

Physical CDs are also available anywhere in the world from CD Baby, for 3 of my best selling albums:

"An Ancient Lyre": [ Ссылка ]

"King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel":
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"Lyre of the Levites": [ Ссылка ]

For full details about my albums of lyre music, and the fascinating ancient historical background, please visit my official website:

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