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Rome is alive! But did it ever die?, April 29, 2005

Synaulia's CD "Music of Ancient Rome: Volume I" is quite a good reproduction of what Roman music may have been like. Being a student of Latin for 4 years, I was interested when I stumbled across this CD. I bookmarked it and to my suprise and delight it was given to me as a Christmas present. The plastic holder that the CD rests in is very durable and the booklet had many interesting facts, some of which I didn't even know. While the songs may be a bit weird, they're quite good, and some of the songs remind me of some Celtic tunes. The opening track "Pavor" which in Latin translates into the word "panic" or "terror" (I think it would have been more appropriate to have used the Adverb "Pavide", "in panic" but that's just me) is probably my favourite of the tracks. This song is basically of the god Pan inciting panic among people who disturbed the peace of his forest. While this music isn't an exact reproduction of what may have been listened to by the Romans, it brings these tunes from folk sources, poetic rhythm, and others. This is a fantastic CD and I recommend it for people who have historic interests in the Ancient World and don't mind listening to something a little different.

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Synaulia - Music from Ancient Rome, Vol. 1: Wind Instruments

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Initial post: Jun 5, 2007 6:50 AM PDT

P. Alther says:

As a side comment, I was watching Gladiator and heard some songs from this album in the movie. pretty cool!

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