“There is no benefit when music stands secret and hidden.” — Lucian

Prepare to embark on a musical journey to the ancient world, while learning some of the most-beloved original melodies by Michael Levy, the well-known and prolific British lyre composer. Learn thirteen of his songs and let yourself (and your audience) to travel back to ancient Greece, Rome and other great ancient civilizations.

As Michael Levy says, “thanks to this almost infinite palette of tonal variations, coloured by the unique individual characteristics of each of the many ancient musical modes, almost an infinite number of wonderful melodies can be conjured out of the air with virtually no effort! The lyre truly was the magic wand of the ancients…”

Songs’ list: Apollo’s Lyre ✦ Ode to Ancient Rome ✦ Hymn to Zeus ✦ The Golden Age of Pericles ✦ The Only Thing Certain is Uncertainty ✦ Ode to Aphrodite ✦ Lamentations of the Algea ✦ The Song of Calliope ✦ Tears of the Hyades ✦ Nero’s Lyre ✦ Glory of the Parthenon ✦ The Lyre of Thamyris ✦ Hymn to Persephone

“This Sheet Music Book is our latest addition to our effort to enrich the available educational resources for lyre and lyre-like musical instruments,” Nikolaos Koumartzis, the series’ director, explains.

The book is part of the Lyre Sheet Music series, in which some of the greatest lyre players around the world participate, including Lina Palera, Thanasis Kleopas, Theodore Koumartzis, Giorgio Sancristoforo, et cetera.

Pages: 28 | Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches

(some of the sheet music included are for a 9strings and some for a 11strings lyre or kithara)