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The Touch of Thanatos

from Spirits of the Ancestors by Michael Levy

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Thanatos was the god or personified spirit (daimon) of non-violent death. His touch was gentle, likened to that of his twin brother Hypnos (Sleep).

The piece features a spontaneous improvisation, conjured out of the air, on my 10-string Marini lyre, in my attempt to evoke the distinctively dreamy characteristics of this ancient Greek god of eternal slumbers...

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from Spirits of the Ancestors, released November 21, 2020

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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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