QuickCheck: Was the world's oldest song written 3400 years ago?

MUSIC composing has been in the making for centuries, ever since the birth of classics such as Beethoven, Mozart, Bath and many more, the making of beautiful music has never ceased to amaze the masses. As much as the above legends have come and gone, did music composing already exist centuries ago? Was the world’s oldest song written 3400 years ago before Christ? VERDICT: TRUE According to FarOut Music, a ‘sheet’ of music was discovered in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit and referenced back to around 3,400 years ago. Called the Hurrian songs – known as the Hurrian Hymns – are recognised as a collection of music that was inscribed onto clay tablets at some point in history.

These tablets in later years, were discovered by historians from the ancient Amorite city of Ugarit. Many historians believe the date to be approximately 1400 BCE. It was believed that the song was also dedicated to the goddess of orchards.

Hurrians along with Urartians are considered to be the direct ancestors of modern Armenians. According to Diakonoff, the present-day Armenians are therefore an amalgam of the Hurrians and Urartians. According to Dr.

Johannes Lehman in his book ‘The Hittites, all indications point toward the general region of Armenia as a main area of Hurrian concentration. The article further explained that Lowie Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley curator Professor Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, spent 15 years deciphering the clay tablets which were uncovered and excavated in Syria.