lyre

"Craftsmen from the Dilmun Age crafted this lyre around 2,500 years ago and inscriptions deciphered show that it was used in national occasions, to greet kings and leaders and also in religious celebrations.

It is the first time a lyre has been recorded in complete form, and the box is the only surviving example of painted Anglo-Saxon woodwork in Britain.

When the sounds of the drums and the lyre die down in Kalibo, the Ati-Atihan revelers -- whether Filipino or foreigners -- will travel an hour north and begin another party spree at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town.

" They bid me strike the lyre so long now mute and broken, but not a note can I waken nor will my muse inspire!

The Greek musician, accompanied by Virtuosi Baku Chamber Orchestraperformed compositions written specifically for the lyre, as well as works of classical and modern Azerbaijani and foreign authors.

In a recital at the university, Bill demonstrated wire and gut strung harps and also two the University of sizes of lyre, an ancient string instrument - widely played for countless centuries - that could be plucked or strummed and was also used as an accompaniment to the recital of poetry - including epics such as Beowulf.

The first talk, Music, Celebration & Healing: Listening to the Sudanese Lyre is given by Chris Spring, Curator of the Sainsbury African Galleries at the British Museum, where the lyre performance takes place.

It shows two standing women and one sitting, who is playing a musical instrument that is, apparently, a lyre."

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Claire meets Orpheus, awa nderer who grabs everyone's attention, even animals, by playing music on his lyre. This instrument, made out of string and wood, makes the most beautiful sounds when he plays it, but if anyone else tries, it doesn't work.

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He was playing his seven-stringed lyre and singing in a ringing tenor voice.

"Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican Henry Francis Lyre, most often sung to William Henry Monk's tune "Eventide."

The Lyre with Bearded Bull's Head arrives at the Museum on October 17.

He is co-editor of the online poetry journal Lyre Lyre, and is currently co-curator of the long-running EARSHOT reading series.