# O. R. Gurney 1994: Babylonian Music Again

> O. R. Gurney, 1994. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Iraq 56 (1994), 101-106. Gurney reviews the tuning-text interpretation and accepts that…

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# Babylonian Music Again

O. R. Gurney, 1994.

**Hurrian songs of Ugarit** Articledoi: **[10.2307/4200387](https://doi.org/10.2307/4200387)** 0

## What it's used for here

Iraq 56 (1994), 101-106. Gurney reviews the tuning-text interpretation and accepts that Vitale's downward reading of the scale deserves serious consideration.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[The ascending reading rested on an assumed direction of string change that the text does not give.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ6T99EVR/the-ascending-reading-rested-on-an-assumed-direction-of)

Evidence

EVD

[The tuning text does not state whether the altered string is tightened or loosened, so the original ascending reading…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ669WSCE/the-tuning-text-does-not-state-whether-the-altered-string-is)

Evidence

EVD

[Vitale argues the Babylonian scale and the h.6 notation run downward](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/events/EVT0DEDRFKH4VVQ/vitale-argues-the-babylonian-scale-and-the-h-6-notation-run)

EVT

[West publishes a melodic reading on a descending scale; Gurney reconsiders the direction](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/events/EVT0DEDRG8QT4BY/west-publishes-a-melodic-reading-on-a-descending-scale)

EVT

[Oliver Robert Gurney](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/people/FIG0DEDPFHCBDC7/oliver-robert-gurney)

FIG

[The Hurrian songs of Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs)

The mystery article

MYS

[Does the Babylonian tuning series, and so the h.6 scale, run upward or downward?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBJK95SB/does-the-babylonian-tuning-series-and-so-the-h-6-scale-run)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
O. R. Gurney (1994). Babylonian Music Again. https://doi.org/10.2307/4200387
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/4200387)

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