TERPANDER
c.712 - c.645 BC
Greek Poet
Terpander was a Greek poet and musician from the island of Lesbos who was famous as a singer.
He is said to have
invented a seven-stringed instrument resembling a lyre,
called 'kithara'. Terpander won a prize for music with that
instrument at the 26th Olympiad held in Sparta, and he
established a school for musicians there. He is also created a
system of muscical notation.
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