Ancient and Oriental MusicEgon Wellesz A survey of all music outside the Christian European field including music of primitive people, music of China and the other countries of Far Eastern Asia, and on the music of India, the music of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Jewish music in biblical times, the music of post-biblical Judaism, the music of ancient Greece and Rome and finally, the music of Islam. |
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THE MUSIC OF FAR EASTERN ASIA 2 OTHER | 135 |
THE MUSIC OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA By HENRY | 228 |
THE MUSIC OF ANCIENT EGYPT By HENRY GEORGE | 253 |
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Africa Akkadian ancient ancient Egypt Arabian Music Aristoxenus Asia auloi aulos bamboo cantillation century B.C. chant China Chinese Christian classical culture dance Dorian drum dynasty early Egypt Egyptian Encyclopaedia of Islam Encyclopédie enharmonic example Farmer fifth flute fourth Galpin gamelan Greek music harmoniae harmonic Hebrew History of Music hymns Ibid idiophones Indian influence instru Jew's harp Jewish Kitāb kithara known Langdon later liturgy London lute lyric major third melody ment Mesopotamian metallophones millennium B.C. modes Musical Instruments musicians Musik notation notes octave orchestra Oriental origin Paris pentatonic performance period Persian pipes pitch played player primitive psalms râgas reed reed-pipe rhythm rhythmic ritual Roman Royal Asiatic Society Sachs scale Schneider singers singing song Sonq śruti strings style Sumerian sung Synagogue Tarng Temple tetrachord texts theory tion tonal tonoi tradition tune vocal voice words zither