Known as the Seikilos epitaph, in reference to the discovery of its lyrics and musical notation engraved on an ancient tombstone, this work dates from between 200 BC and 100 AD. Yet, despite its ...

Hear the ‘Seikilos Epitaph’; written in Ancient Greece, it is the oldest surviving musical composition. Written in the 1st or 2nd century CE, the Song of Seikilos was discovered on a tombstone in ...

It was written on a stele circa 100 AD. It’s an epitaph written by a Greek named Seikilos — possibly for his own grave, or that of someone he knew. The lyrics are: and time demands an end.

First up is “Seikilos Epitaph,” which Wikipedia dubs “the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world.” Her arrangement is eerie ...

The Seikilos epitaph is the oldest known complete composition of music in existence, a Hellenistic Ionic song with complete notation likely inscribed in the first century AD. And its notation have ...

Epitaphs on gravestones are something that ... is the world’s oldest surviving piece of music. • Euterpe, wife of Seikilos (who was an ancient Greek musician), 100-200 B.C.: “I am an icon ...

Although the Seikilos Epitaph, dating from the first century A.D., is the oldest surviving full song with musical notation and text, and we know its author, Seikilos, there are some older compositions ...

According to the band, the look and feel of the video below was by design. “‘Epitaph’ is our reinterpretation of the timeless Seikilos epitaph, known as the world’s oldest surviving complete musical ...

The piece of music - which some say sounds startlingly like Canadian rocker Neil Young - was a Grecian ode written by a man called Seikilos between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD.

First up is “Seikilos Epitaph,” which Wikipedia dubs “the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world.” Her arrangement is eerie and spacious, ...