Discovering the Music of Antiquity

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History Documentary hosted by Bernard George, published by BBC in 2024 - English narration

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When a music score is uncovered deep within the storerooms of the Louvre, musical historians scramble to realise the potential of this piece of papyrus. The text's grammatical features give us a clue to the composer's identity: Carcinus, an author cited by Aristotle in his Rhetoric. His name is engraved on a wall in the Parthenon, and the story of his life offers an insight into the history of Greek musicians, who were revered like gods and welcomed across the Mediterranean to take part in competitions modelled on the Olympic Games.

The discovery of the papyrus, more specifically an ancient version of the tragedy entitled Medea, throws open a new mission by researchers to hear the music sung through modern arrangement. But to listen to the Medea as it was heard by the Greeks 2,400 years ago, it still has to be played on period instruments.

From the Greek cities of Anatolia to the Ptolemies' Egypt, from the mythical site of Delphi to the discoveries made in Pompeii, relive this voyage along the Mediterranean coast, where archaeological excavations have unearthed instrument remains.

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Video Codec: x265 CABAC Main@L4
Video Bitrate: CRF 21 (~1945Kbps)
Video Resolution: 1920x1080
Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frame Rate: 25 FPS
Audio Codec: AAC-LC (Apple)
Audio Bitrate: q91 VBR 48KHz (126/214Kbps avg/peak)
Audio Channels: 2 (mainly French with English narration)
Audio Gain: 3dB
Run-Time: 57 mins
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 842 MB
Source: HDTV (1080i/h264 3472Kbps VBR 1.63GB)
Encoded by: JungleBoy

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Video Codec: h264 CABAC Main@L3.1
Video Bitrate: 2128 Kbps
Video Resolution: 1280x720
Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frame Rate: 25.0 FPS
Audio Codec: AAC-LC
Audio Bitrate: 125 kb/s VBR 48KHz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: French
RunTime Per Part: 53 min
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 856 MB
Source: WEB
Capper: DocFreak08