Peter Pringle – Lament For Gilgamesh on the Gold Lyre of Ur

A song about Gilgamesh sung in the original Sumerian on the Gold Lyre of Ur? That’s something I never expected to find. Fascinating stuff this man is doing.

Peter Pringle started his career as a thereminist, but has recently begun performing on recreations of ancient instruments and songs. Some of it has to be guessed at, but they know how the instruments would have sounded.

I’ve always been amazed at how long fragments of a culture can last. Apparently archeologists have uncovered more relics of Mesopotamian civilizations than I realized.

Check out more of his material on YouTube. He has songs from other traditions as well.

Here’s one in English. Old English, that is. He usually has the history of the song and instrument either in the video or in the description. I think this stuff is amazing. Take that, entropy!

Peter Pringle – Caedman’s Hymn on the Anglo Saxon Lyre.