Text |
DRAMATIC ARIA, PROBABLY FROM A LOST TRAGEDY, SET TO MUSIC |
Description |
MS in Greek on papyrus, Egypt, ca. 300, 1 fragment from a scroll, 6x3 cm, part of 1 column, 3 lines in Greek semi-cursive book script, above the text 4 lines in Greek vocal musical notation in the diatonic Hyperionian scale, including the diseme, stigme and hyphen. |
Context |
Only 35 Greek papyri bearing texts with musical notation are known. All except the present papyrus are in public collections, extending from ca. 250 BC to ca. 300 AD. One of these, from the 1st-2nd c., is in Oslo, University Library, P.Osl.inv.no. 1413. |
Provenance |
1. Professional musician, Egypt (ca. 300); 2. Mohammed Sha'ar, Cairo (1920'es); 3. Issa Marogi Collection, Jerusalem (ca. 1955-1984); 4. Heirs of Marogi family, Bank Collection (1984-1996); 5. Sam Fogg, London, Dec. 1996. |
Published |
E. Pöhlman and M.L. West: Documents of Ancient Greek Music, Oxford 2001, p. 195, no. 60. Papyrologica Florentina, vol. XXXV. Rosario Pintaudi: Papyri Graecae Schøyen. Firenze, Edizioni Gonnelli, 2005 (Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection V: Greek papyri, vol. I), p. 35. |