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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