The lyrics to a song or hymn entitled "Hymn to Helios" can be found in just about any version of the "Homeric Hymns."  I have a copy put out by Johns Hopkins Press, translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis--a name that suggests some familiarity with Greek.  As for the music to which these hymns were fixed--we have the Greek modes identified, and they give the general character of Greek music, but who has musical notation from archaic or classical Greece?  Isn't classical Greek melody a matter of speculative interpretation?
 
>>> Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]> 12/01 8:36 AM >>>
Jay,
Searching the archives of rec.music.early for a relatively recent recording that
might include this hymn, I found several references to a CD released in 1995 by
Pandourion Records in Oregon, called "Music of the Ancient Greeks", by the
ensemble De Organographia (Philip and Gayle Neuman, William Gavin).  Try this URL
(if your email reader word-wraps, you will have to put the URL back together
again into a single string of text).
Tim Romano
 
http://x7.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=102385302.3&CONTEXT=912522141.565903377&hitnum=15 
 
 
 
 
Jay Anania wrote:
 
> Where can this ancient Greek "Hymn to the Sun" be found?  Are there available
> recordings?
> Also, the Balkan folk music that was mentioned...any particular collection?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jay Anania