Magic of the Kithara: Glory of the Parthenon

A live performance of "Glory of the Parthenon" - track 10 from my new album in progress, "Magic of the Kithara". Originally featured on my 2010 EP, "The Ancient Greek Modes", this new arrangement of the piece for recreated ancient Greek kithara, attempts to evoke the lost beauty and perfection of the Parthenon, by use of the distinctively poignant ancient Greek Phrygian Mode - the equivalent intervals as D-D on the white notes of the piano, but heard here in the pristine focus of just intonation.
Due for release on all the usual digital music platforms on 1st January 2025, each and every one of the tracks for "Magic of the Kithara" can be previewed, as they are created, only on Bandcamp:
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The kithara reached its pinnacle during the 5th century BCE. There is plenty of controversy about the construction - the curious spring-like structures clearly illustrated below the crossbeam to which the strings are attached, could either be interpreted as structural (providing equal & opposite reaction to the downward pull of the strings on the slender arms of the kithara, as most academic scholars believe), or maybe even evidence of some form of mechanical vibrato/portamento mechanism!
My recreated ancient Greek kithara was hand-made in modern Greece by Luthieros:
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For more detailed information on the kithara of classical antiquity, please also see my own website blog:
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[@MichaelLevyMusic]

So pleased you appreciate my ongoing musical mission, to 'continue where the ancients left off'! Which documentary was this?

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OMG YES NEW MUSIC!

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this is one of my favorites


[@ryanzblue]

Hi Michael, love your music!- Question: is this strung from E-F? What mode are you using?

[@MichaelLevyMusic]

Glad you enjoyed this tune - created in my ongoing mission to 'continue where the ancients left off'! In answer to your question, the specific pitch used was Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db Eb which forms the equivalent intervals as DEFGABCD - to get technical, in ancient Greek speak, this is the ancient Greek Phrygian mode which was formed of the conjunction pf 2 tetrachords which form the equivalent intervals as DEFGABCD on the white notes of the piano, but heard here in just intonation(intervals formed from whole number ratios - which I love to use for my lyres and kithara, due to the intensity and density it adds to the distinctive feel of each of the ancient musical modes.

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