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Ancient Roman Lyre Music - Inspired by Themes from Stoic Philosophy!
A live performance of track 2, "Pluviam Frigus (Cold Rain)", from my 2023 album, "Musica Lyre" - out on all the major digital music platforms, studio qulaity (superior to old CD quality!) audio plus a PDF booklet of the detailed album notes can be also be purchased from Bandcamp:
michaellevy.bandcamp.com/album/musica-lyra
The sequel to my 2013 album, "The Ancient Roman Lyre", this historically inspired project of original compositions for recreated ancient lyre, ("Musica Lyra" translates from Latin as "Lyre Music") features sketches of specific emotions and feelings, expressed through the mostly forgotten, distinctive expressive qualities of the ancient musical modes, enhanced in the pristine focus of just intonation.
Both my earlier release, "The Ancient Roman Lyre" and this one, feature the same glassy purity of tone, conjured up by my 10-string lyre, hand-made in the USA by Marini Made Harps.
By pure serendipity, this amazing sounding instrument looks almost identical to a Roman lyre depicted in a 3rd century mosaic found in from Tarsus, Antioch, of Orpheus taming the beasts with his lyre (as featured on the album cover).
The theme of the album, is a musical exploration of Stoic meditation - the pieces in "Musica Lyra" expresses emotions of sorrow, grief, inner turmoil and regret, which through philosophical stoic meditation, we ultimately can learn to live with, once we accept and live with the stoic ideal of "Amor Fati" - the love of fate, and to feel inner harmony, no matter what any pantheon of ancient gods might have in store for us, through the enigma of our conscious existence through the journey of life.
Stoicism, although having its origins in ancient Greece, was also embraced by the philosophers of Classical Rome. Indeed, the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was himself a renowned stoic philosopher and writer on the subject:
“Accept the things to which fate binds you and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”
- Marcus Aurelius
In setting the sombre stoic theme of this album, in this piece, I attempt to create an atmospheric musical evocation of tears and grief in this mournful piece, by use of the ancient Greek Hypodorian mode (the equivalent intervals as A-A on the white notes of the piano, but, heard here in the intense focus bestowed by the use of just intonation)
Using harmonics, I attempt to create the sharp feeling of cold rain and all its connotations of sadness.
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Official Website:
www.ancientlyre.com/
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If Nero's Lyre had used a Boss FX Pedal?
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A live performance of "Nero's Lyre" - lament for solo lyre in the ancient Greek Phyrgian Mode...with Boss RV-6 Reverb Pedal! My "Musical Adventures in Time Travel" would not be complete, without exploring the notorious Emperor Nero - the most famous lyre player of antiquity, who we actually know by name! According to the timeless folklore, Nero famously played his lyre to accompany the Lament h...
Ancient Roman Lyre...& Boss RV-6 Reverb Pedal!
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To celebrate my lyre theme "Ode to Ancient Rome" actually being featured in a scene in episode 7 of the 2024 Peacock TV & Prime Video television series "THOSE ABOUT TO DIE" (featuring Anthony Hopkins!!), here is a live performance of the piece...featuring the otherworldly sound of my BOSS RV-6 REVERB PEDAL!! My lyre theme can be heard for a full blazing minute of glory, from 19:34 minutes into ...
An Ancient Greek Lyre Performed Live in a Summer Garden
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An impromptu 'live from my Summer garden" performance of "The Song of Calliope" - an original piece for recreated ancient Greek lyre, which formed track 2 from my 2021 album, "Echoes of Ancient Greece". Available from all the usual digital music platforms, studio quality audio plus a PDF booklet of detailed album notes are available from Bandcamp: michaellevy.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-ancien...
Strumming...& DRUMMING a Lyre!
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Hopefully further demonstrating how the lyre was quite literally, 'the guitar of antiquity', here is an improvisation featuring some of the fascinating strumming/drumming possibilities on the recreated instrument - enjoy! Subscribe: ua-cam.com/users/Klezfiddle1 Official Artist Links: Official Website: www.ancientlyre.com/ Digital Music Artist Profiles: Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8...
The Ancient Timbre of the Classical Greek Tortoise Shell Lyre
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A live performance of one of my original compositions for replica ancient Greek tortoise shell lyre, "The Death of Socrates". The lyre features an actual foraged land tortoise parapace, a soundboard of goat skin, arms of goat horn, with authentic strings of unpolished gut. I particularly like the subtley raspy, delicate, mandolin-like timbre the plectrum of carved foraged tortoise shell creates...
The Meditations of King David (Improvisation for Canaanite Lyre)
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"Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.” - 1 Samuel 16:23 The “Lyre of Har Megiddo” is an instrument etched onto an ivory plaque that was discovered by archaeologist Gordon Loud in the excavations of a royal palace in the ancient city of Megiddo (aka Armageddon) ...
The Song of Seikilos - Arranged for Ancient Greek Kithara
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Engraved on an ancient Burial Stele at Tralles, Asia Minor, this beautiful melody was discovered and published by Ramsay, 1883. Musical signs deciphered by Wessley, 1891. The stone itself, long preserved in the collection of Young at Doudja, disappeared after the burning of Smyrna (September 1923). It is now in the Copenhagen Museum, Inv. No. 14897. This new arrangement of the piece will form t...
Ancient Dreamscapes
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I am delighted to announce the release today, 1st June 2024, of my new album, "Ancient Dreamscapes"! "Ancient Dreamscapes" is available now, from all the usual digital platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon & iTunes (all artist links at the bottom of this video description). Here is the album on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3gEGDDU5TAfQQ4YqatDjpB?si=EiQXBDXiQliTq4vTCOtGSw For stud...
The World's Oldest Known Tune - Now Featured by Amen Dunes!
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Well, it finally happened! Quite possibly the world's first 'ancient lyre/mainstream' crossover - a re-recording of my first UA-cam arrangement of the Hurrian Hymn now forms a semi-surreal musical collage (overlaid with the voice of American satirist, Lenny Bruce!) - the final track on "Death Jokes"; the new album out today, by Amen Dunes: open.spotify.com/track/1tc7fJ2ANiHv7pNLsABKzg?si=966ca4...
Nero's Lyre (Magic of the Kithara)
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This video features a completely new arrangement for recreated Greco-Roman kithara of my 2012 single, "Nero's Lyre" - a possible track in progress for my future 2025 album in progress, "Magic of the Kithara". Due for release across all the usual digital music platforms on 1st January 2025, CD quality audio plus a PDF booklet of the detailed album notes, is available of all the tracks so far rec...
The Contemplations of Coeus (New Music for Ancient Greek Lyre)
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More new music, for the recreated ancient lyre! Coeus was the Titan-god of the inquisitive mind, his name meaning "query" or "questioning". His wife, Phoebe, was the goddess of the prophetic mind. I attempt to evoke of feeling of deep contemplation and questioning, by featuring the use of the intensely introspective ancient Greek Dorian Mode (misnamed the 'Phrygian' mode by scholars during the ...
Magic of the Kithara: Orpheus's Lyre
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A live performance of "Orpheus's Lyre" - a new from my new album in progress, "Magic of the Kithara". Originally featured on my 2013 single of the same title for the harp-like timbre of my 10-string treble lyre, this new arrangement of the piece for recreated ancient Greek kithara transforms the melody, by the elegant, deeper timbre of the kithara, the lyre of the professional musicans of ancie...
Hymn to Nemesis (Mesomedes of Crete): Magic of the Kithara
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A live performance of the 2nd century "Hymn to Nemesis", by Mesomedes of Crete - a possible track for my new album in progress, "Magic of the Kithara". Mesomedes of Crete was a Roman-era Greek performer of the kithara (kitharode) and lyric poet. He was a freedman and favorite of Emperor Hadrian, who made him his chief musician; he also served under Hadrian's successor, Antoninus Pius. Prior to ...
Magic of the Kithara: The Golden Age of Pericles
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Magic of the Kithara: The Golden Age of Pericles
Magic of the Kithara: Glory of the Parthenon
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Magic of the Kithara: Glory of the Parthenon
Magic of the Kithara - The Feast of Poseidon
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Magic of the Kithara - The Feast of Poseidon
Magic of the Kithara: Hymn to Alpheus
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Magic of the Kithara: Hymn to Alpheus
Magic of the Kithara: Hymn to Himeros
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Magic of the Kithara: Hymn to Himeros
Meditation for Ancient Greek Kithara
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Meditation for Ancient Greek Kithara
Magic of the Kithara: Hymn to Zephyrus
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Magic of the Kithara: Hymn to Zephyrus
The Ancient Greek Lyre: "Ode to Aphrodite"
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The Ancient Greek Lyre: "Ode to Aphrodite"
Magic of the Kithara
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Magic of the Kithara
The Sound of the Ancient Greek Kithara
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The Sound of the Ancient Greek Kithara
The Sound of the Ancient Greek Kithara
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The Sound of the Ancient Greek Kithara
Apatheia (Freedom from Passion)
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Apatheia (Freedom from Passion)
Music for Philosophical Meditation
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Music for Philosophical Meditation
Echoes of Ancient Greece | Lamentations of the Algea
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Echoes of Ancient Greece | Lamentations of the Algea
The Sound of the Ancient Greek Kithara
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The Sound of the Ancient Greek Kithara
Improvisation for Ancient Greek Kithara
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Improvisation for Ancient Greek Kithara

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  • @DickTator6969
    @DickTator6969 17 годин тому

    it's so wierd hearing hebrew sung like a roman catholic church song and understanding the languge being a native speaker it's just amazing how a language that was spoken thousands of years ago and was considered a long languge for a long time and has been revived along with the nation who spoke it and being a part of it and using it daily to communicate I sometimes taking it for granted but it's really is remarkable.

  • @iberius9937
    @iberius9937 День тому

    Love the reverb effect you've added. Beautifully done, sir.

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic День тому

      Many thanks for your invaluable feedack - this is an experimental 'live' lyre performance, which actually used a Boss RV-6 Reverb guitar pedal & a digital delay pedal (recorded with nothing more hi tech than my Android Cellphone mic & camera!) My 'live lyre stomp box' actually manages to spontaneously add the effects I often spend days creating on my digital audio workstation - once I get the hang of these Boss pedals, this will add a whole new dimension to my live performance and increase in output for my UA-cam channel!

  • @WendellsDiary
    @WendellsDiary День тому

    Beautiful. You are awesome. I have been starting to compose my own lyre music now! Tomorrow or the day after I will be releasing a song with vocals. You should check my work out and tell me if you think I am on the right track. I would love your advice!

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic День тому

      Hi Wendall, that is awesome!! So delighted to have hopefully been an inspiration to you in this respect. Do please let me know any links to your own creative musical efforts!!

  • @dhararry7929
    @dhararry7929 День тому

    Your music is beautiful.

  • @blakegibson2976
    @blakegibson2976 День тому

    I farted alongside this and didnt know what to do. Didnt know if i shouldve laughed or loved it. Guess I gotta live

  • @aurellittmann371
    @aurellittmann371 День тому

    Nagyon szép

  • @iniese-r8d3dsongsbinaurals77

    asmr, you are a statue and they are carving your ear

  • @UniversodoIntelecto
    @UniversodoIntelecto 2 дні тому

    Seu canal é maravilhoso, você é um artista. Saudações do Brasil!

  • @JamesBroadwater
    @JamesBroadwater 3 дні тому

    Abraham was from Ur. He probably heard this music and it may have influenced modern Israeli and Jewish music.

  • @alohaXamanda
    @alohaXamanda 3 дні тому

    So I remember when you uploaded the original version of the Hurrian Hymn over a decade ago, I think. I was just doing some research on linguistical connection and cultures from the Caucasus to the Levant and it turns out the language spoken by the Hurrian culture (3000-1200 BCE) is a distant relative of languages spoken in the Caucasus (not including the language of Georgia, which is a linguistic isolate), particularly the Hurro-Urartian langauges of the Northern Caucasus such as Chechen, Avar, and Lezgian. I know that the Caucasus is generally categorized as genetically Middle Eastern but because of its proximity to Russia I always forget that these regions would have had close ties and interactions with Ancient Mesopotamia, to the point that there were shared linguistic ties separate from Indo-European and Semitic languages. I love coming back to this piece and other ancient pieces of music with new understanding of the context in which they were likely created

  • @gtaddict3666
    @gtaddict3666 4 дні тому

    Hey this belongs to Mesopotamia

  • @Love_butterflies_not_butter
    @Love_butterflies_not_butter 4 дні тому

    It's beautiful but it makes me feel somehow heavy and uneasy. 😬

  • @godlugner5327
    @godlugner5327 5 днів тому

    I know Jesus had friends (the 12 Apostles at the last supper) but as an incarnate of God did Jesus ever have a spiritual "Peer" equal to him during his life? What a sad life to have friends and followers but nobody as good as you are 😂

  • @Jonathan_S.F954
    @Jonathan_S.F954 5 днів тому

    This is some calming music.

  • @marcjohnson5148
    @marcjohnson5148 5 днів тому

    This is beautiful collection

  • @Chalk-c2g
    @Chalk-c2g 5 днів тому

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @MeirDahan-zz6mo
    @MeirDahan-zz6mo 6 днів тому

    Why do you call the land Palestine when you know this name is from 1000 years later?!

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic 4 дні тому

      Because In the video annotations, I was referring to the present name of the location of the archaeological remains of the Canaanite city of Megiddo.

  • @blacksoldier430
    @blacksoldier430 8 днів тому

    Has any kind of music survive to this day? I would love to hear music from those times

  • @nicolesawyer-jm6ir
    @nicolesawyer-jm6ir 8 днів тому

    This is mind blowing beauty and sensual , I’m going to dance to this !!! This is Soul calling stuff. Waking up to ancestral roots ! 🩷🩵🤍💚

  • @nicolesawyer-jm6ir
    @nicolesawyer-jm6ir 8 днів тому

    Stunning 🤩

  • @nicolesawyer-jm6ir
    @nicolesawyer-jm6ir 8 днів тому

    🩷🩵🤍🧡💜💔💛

  • @nicolesawyer-jm6ir
    @nicolesawyer-jm6ir 8 днів тому

    🩷🩵🤍

  • @nicolesawyer-jm6ir
    @nicolesawyer-jm6ir 8 днів тому

    Fantastic !!! 🩷🔯

  • @OutworldStudios
    @OutworldStudios 8 днів тому

    When you're abducted by the annunaki and taken to Nibiru to play music for the gods for the rest of your life, never to set foot on Earth again.

  • @jordanpettay2423
    @jordanpettay2423 10 днів тому

    This is beautiful, thank you 🙏

  • @progrockplaylists
    @progrockplaylists 10 днів тому

    magical. but when i read about a pedal i thought this is heavy metal

  • @Davisthe5th_
    @Davisthe5th_ 11 днів тому

    Here after 2 Samuel 6:5

  • @romeoandsusandial5340
    @romeoandsusandial5340 12 днів тому

    Pls Lord give 🌍✌️🕊🌍pls stop the Virus & calamities too Shalom 🙏❤️💕❤️🕊🦋💓🦋💓🦋🕊

  • @user-gu8vm8eg9m
    @user-gu8vm8eg9m 13 днів тому

    Muito interessante, o som desse instrumento me faz lembrar que devo descansar.

  • @humantv362
    @humantv362 13 днів тому

  • @WendellsDiary
    @WendellsDiary 13 днів тому

    So cool! I have an electric lyre and it has a reverb knob.

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic 13 днів тому

      Soon it will be a permanent feature! This particular lyre works best with my Luthieros 'lyre audio capsule' piezo pickup, since unlike their own equally awesome lyres, there is a big star shaped sound hole on the back of my Marini lyre seen here, to which the pickup can be inserted directly into the instrument itself & attached to the soundboard just in front of where the bridge sits....all I need now, is a wah wah pedal!

    • @brightbite
      @brightbite 13 днів тому

      @@MichaelLevyMusic It seems to have a harmonic effect whereas it has a 'lagato synth pad sound' which follows the plucked notes. It makes for incredible background layering of the original sound. How on earth is that accomplished? It is really amazing!

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic 11 днів тому

      @brightbite I love the way this setting conjures up a spontaneous evocation of an entire string orchestral accompaniment to whatever melodic line is being played - pretty much every desired effect which I could only previously attempt to create via hours of mixing & mastering, instead magically generated in real time whilst I'm actually playing!!

  • @brightbite
    @brightbite 13 днів тому

    Got an Andreas Vollenweider sound, really nice!

  • @MTB214
    @MTB214 13 днів тому

    Interesting mix of ancient and modern.

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic 12 днів тому

      It was creating just such an idea, which led to my 2017 album, "Ascension of the Lyre", whose concept (inspired by Spock's 'Vulcan Harp' in Star Trek!), was to quite literally ascend the lyre from its status as a museum relic, to an instrument worthy of our far flung future amongst the stars: open.spotify.com/album/3e9HjibzZSEjBatbzvzE4L?si=dfFZrbMDSHmF1DzNw7fxWg

  • @galaxyn3214
    @galaxyn3214 13 днів тому

    Qualis artifex pereo!

  • @barrythewarren
    @barrythewarren 13 днів тому

    😎😎😎😎

  • @melissaphillips8236
    @melissaphillips8236 14 днів тому

    Thank You Yahweh, Thank You for Your Son Yeshua Lord of Lord's King of Kings !!! Thank You Yahweh for Holy Spirit to guide & lead me into Your Holy wisdom, knowledge from Your word!! I need You Yahweh & Yeshua guiding my steps into righteousness forever & ever !! All glory, praise, honor to You Abba Father You are above all none other is like You Holy,Holy are You Heavenly Father Thank You for Your Son and Holy Spirit that dwells with in me!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤ I LOVE YOU YAHWEH / YESHUA/HOLY SPIRIT !!❤❤❤ My heart , mind,body,soul is Yours oh Almighty God!!❤❤

  • @Yomi2012
    @Yomi2012 14 днів тому

    This is what was played in the temple of Jerusalem

  • @killahkale984
    @killahkale984 16 днів тому

    Yes we Jews are many cool things including Music like everyone else. Thanks for all watching.

  • @epameinondaspapamichail9896
    @epameinondaspapamichail9896 17 днів тому

    Congratulations!

  • @margaritazagorskaya371
    @margaritazagorskaya371 18 днів тому

    Hava nagila

  • @jenellebrathwaite1603
    @jenellebrathwaite1603 19 днів тому

    AVE MARÍA CHEA DE GRAZA O SEÑOR ESTÁ CONTIGO BENDITA ARTE TI ENTRE AS MULLERES E BENDITO O FROITO DO TEU VITRO XESÚS SANTA MARÍA NAI DE DÚAS NENAS ORE POR NÓS AGORA E NA HORA DA REVALORACIÓN REFORMA AMEN

  • @DorotkaGameplay
    @DorotkaGameplay 19 днів тому

    36:43

  • @pikmin4743
    @pikmin4743 20 днів тому

    lovely! the show is pretty good, I hope I can hear your theme in a few episodes. thanks for the reminder

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic 20 днів тому

      Cheers! My minute of 'Imperial Glory' can be heard at 19:34 minutes into episode 7 😊

    • @pikmin4743
      @pikmin4743 19 днів тому

      @@MichaelLevyMusic excellent! thank you!!

  • @rudylittlewolf
    @rudylittlewolf 21 день тому

    Wow....very nice sound with the reverb! Makes it sound as if you're playing in the Roman Colosseum with the acoustics! It's like you're bringing back the ancient concerts of those days!

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic 20 днів тому

      Cheers! This pedal adds a whole new dimension to playing live - usually, for most of my more recent UA-cam videos, I have to record, mix & master the audio separately then add it back in synch with the video....this baby does it all, live, simultaneously as I freakin' play!

    • @rudylittlewolf
      @rudylittlewolf 20 днів тому

      @@MichaelLevyMusic Nice! Don't you just love when life doesn't choose to torture us with difficult things? lol

  • @FAF4567
    @FAF4567 21 день тому

    I close my eyes and travel back in time. Thank you.

  • @battalgazi1431
    @battalgazi1431 21 день тому

    GOOD OLD ANCİENT TİME... İ missed it so much

  • @Andycito123
    @Andycito123 21 день тому

    Nostalgia hits hard 😢

  • @0vercast7
    @0vercast7 23 дні тому

    To believe in and confess in God, is to trust in the One that gave life, and authored it.

  • @GFMmastermaxwell
    @GFMmastermaxwell 24 дні тому

    This is the real stuff you want to be listening to guys not the new age so called 'God frequency' and all that crap... God told me to tell this to someone.. As we learn and grow positively and prosperous. Amen

  • @user-gu9qp8rm7f
    @user-gu9qp8rm7f 25 днів тому

    SIR PLEASE PUT THIS ON SPOTIFY 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🫡🫡🫡, WHAT A I MEAN WHAT A MELODY IS THIS IS, ..........I THOUGHT I M SITTING IN HEAVEN 🥹🥹🥹🥹🫂🫂

    • @MichaelLevyMusic
      @MichaelLevyMusic 24 дні тому

      I am delighted to announce that this particular piece, performed on the very same lyre seen here, already IS on Spotify...enjoy: open.spotify.com/track/1ntZooJcLty7AEiHhmm5jy?si=g4i-2xDQQXKoJev-EluvDA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2aBoKvxRsk8MZmTAZiSJNC

    • @user-gu9qp8rm7f
      @user-gu9qp8rm7f 24 дні тому

      THANKYOU VERY VERY MUCH SIR,🫂🫂🫂 LOVE FROM INDIA 🫡🫡🇮🇳🩷🩷

    • @user-gu9qp8rm7f
      @user-gu9qp8rm7f 24 дні тому

      @@MichaelLevyMusic ,SIR I M SOOOO SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ALREADY BEEN LISTENING YOUR TRACKS BY YEARS...,, SUCH AS THE HOLY NILE, and THE FIRST DELPHIC HYMN TO APOLLO 😁😁😁🩷🩷🩷