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The Music of Moses (Improvisation on an Ancient Egyptian Scale)

from King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel by Michael Levy

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In an attempt ot imagine what sort of Moses may have heard during his childhood in Egypt, this is an improvisaton on an actual ancient Egyptian minor pentatonic scale, deciphered by the late Prof. Hans KHickman.

HIckman managed to decipher this scale from depictions of ancient Egyptian 'cheironomy' - an ancient system of musical notation, whereby specific hand gestures represented specific changes in the pitch of a melody.

The practice of Egyptian cheironomy still survives to the present day, in the practices of the Coptic Church.

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from King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel, track released October 17, 2008

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Michael Levy UK

Michael Levy is a composer for the recreated lyres of antiquity,

Michael has collaborated with the Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Orchestrated Michael's "Hymn to Zeus" in 2 scenes of his second opera, "Hadrian".

In 2022 - 2023, Michael collaborated with the iconic American artist, Jeff Koons – his music for ancient Greek kithara was the soundscape of Koon’s sculpture, “Apollo Kithara”.
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