Stefan Hagel's Aulos reconstruction

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Stefan Hagel's Aulos reconstruction

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The extremely impressive Stefan Hagel continues to be extremely impressive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvjc_NUjvp4

Also, a longer video and lecture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGGPmid-o8M

And a concert (the sound gets better after the beginning):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uFiE3acouo
The most pervasive sign of the average classicist's unconcern with the realities of music is the ubiquitous rendering of aulos, a reed-blown instrument, by 'flute'. There was a time when it was legitimate, because the classification of instruments had not been thought out scientifically and it was quit customary to speak of a 'flute family' that included the reed-blown instruments. But that tolerant era is long past, and now the only excuse for calling an aulos a flute is that given by Dr Johnson when asked why he defined 'pastern' as the knee of a horse: 'Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.'
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Re: Stefan Hagel's Aulos reconstruction

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Many thanks for these. I especially enjoyed the longer video and lecture. Music to my ears indeed.

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Re: Stefan Hagel's Aulos reconstruction

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Thanks! Too bad I can't make out what Hagel is saying in the lecture.

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