The Oldest Complete Musical Composition: Song of Seikilos
<p>I am sure hearing that Seikilos is the second oldest song makes you wonder about the oldest one. The oldest piece of music, possessing both the words and the musical notes is the “Hurrian hymn to Nikkal”. The hymn was written on clay tablets of 3500 years, was unearthed in the 1950s in the remnants of the ancient city of Ugarit, in Northern Syria. The tablets from 1400 B.C. were written in the Hurrian language using Sumerian cuneiform script.</p>
<p>The reason why I am writing about the second oldest song is that it is unique in possessing complete lyrics and the musical notes beneath them, while only one of the 29 tablets of the Hurrian hymn was found at the site. Thus, one can only listen to a small part of the so-called hymn. <strong>[1] </strong>For those who are unfamiliar with the word hymn, it is a formal song, sung to God in public worship, typically by an entire congregation.</p>
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