Event · Hurrian songs of Ugarit
West publishes a melodic reading on a descending scale; Gurney reconsiders the direction
West's Music and Letters article adopts Vitale's downward series and reads the Hurrian texts as melody; in the same year Gurney, who published the tuning text, writes that the direction deserves serious reconsideration.
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Martin Litchfield West
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Oliver Robert Gurney
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Mysteries Department. (2026). West publishes a melodic reading on a descending scale; Gurney reconsiders the direction [Event EVT0DEDRG8QT4BY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDRG8QT4BY
@misc{mysteriesdept_evt0dedrg8qt4by,
title = {West publishes a melodic reading on a descending scale; Gurney reconsiders the direction},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Event, catalog key EVT0DEDRG8QT4BY},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDRG8QT4BY}
}