Sitularia

Images of people playing music depicted on over 2500 years old ceramics and Bronze vessels and small statues of musicians provide mute testimony of music. The lyres, pan pipes and auloi in their hands are important evidence for research into the musical culture of the older Iron Age in central Europe. We do not know what the sound of music of the Hallstatt period (ca. 800–500 BC) was like. The Music Archaeology aims to recreate prehistoric music. In an attempt to revive Iron Age music, images of prehistoric musical instruments were compared with the tones, scales and playing of archaic musical instruments still played today. The ensemble Cantlon recreates Hallstatt period music and takes you on an enjoyable journey to a different time. The musicians Albin Paulus, Nadège Lucet, Niki Fliri and Pat Feldner, together with guest-musician Beate M. Pomberger play lyre, horn-, pan-, bone and vessel-pipes, harp, jaw’s harp and different types of rattles, all of which compare to traditional archaic musical instruments. The sounds and music created have their roots in our contemporary culture and provide an artistic interpretation of the last of the prehistoric periods. The acoustic experience of the CD SITULARIA – Klänge aus der Hallstattzeit is complemented by a leaflet which provides an overview on Iron Age music. The text is based on current research and includes many images.