Peter Pringle sings the opening of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian, accompanied by a reconstructed ancient instrument. The description gives background on Sumer, cuneiform and how little is known about the language's pronunciation.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it to fans of ancient music as a rare chance to hear an attempt at 4,000-year-old song.
“If you like this video, you will probably also like Peter Pringle's The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian”HN comment, 2024
“Peter Pringle singing the opening lines of The Epic of Gilgamesh (written 4,000 years ago)”
Opening lines of Gilgamesh sung with reconstructed Sumerian instrument.
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In a somewhat similar vein, here's Peter Pringle singing the opening lines of The Epic of Gilgamesh (written 4,000 years ago), using our best guess at Sumerian pronunciation and playing a modern recreation of an instrument that the Sumerians would have had, as an attempt to guess what ancient Sumerian music might have sounded like: this video
RecommendsdanansMay 2024
“If you like this kind of stuff, you should listen to Peter Pringle singing the Epic of Gilgamesh while playing a reconstructed oud.”
Gilgamesh sung with a reconstructed oud.
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If you like this kind of stuff, you should listen to Peter Pringle singing the Epic of Gilgamesh while playing a reconstructed oud. While the melodies/rhythms he uses are his creation, the words are from the epic itself which was itself 2000 years old by the time of Ancient Greece. this video
RecommendsZeljkoSMay 2024
“If you like this video, you will probably also like Peter Pringle's The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian”
Fans of ancient music will like it.
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If you like this video, you will probably also like Peter Pringle's The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian: this video
Cites itforgotpwd16Nov 2021
“a continuation to a very popular video made years ago where he sung an excerpt”
Earlier popular video of Pringle singing an excerpt.
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Here's the first tablet in original language sung by Peter Pringle (with help from prof. A. R. George for pronunciation) accompanied with music instruments available at the time: link , a continuation to a very popular video made years ago where he sung an excerpt: this video .
Cites itZeWakaDec 2025
“Peter Pringle, who researches Sumerian music and even makes replica instruments for the songs”
Pringle researches Sumerian music and makes replica instruments.
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Hijacking this to point out Peter Pringle, who researches Sumerian music and even makes replica instruments for the songs: this video
