Assyrian/Syriac folk music (Syriac: ܡܘܣܝܩܝ ܣܦܝܢܘܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ/ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ) is the traditional music of the Assyrian people (also called Syriac and Chaldean). It claims descedency from the music of ancient Mesopotamians that has survived in the liturgical music of the Syriac Churches. It can also be found in traditional middle eastern Makams.
Read more about Assyrian/Syriac Folk Music: Assyrian Dances, List of Assyrian Singers
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“The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold:”
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“the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
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