Music of the Ancient Near EastThe elements of music, musical values, the relationship of music to the other ancient arts--all of these subjects are explored as Polin discusses the musical heritage of the ancient Near East. -- Publisher's statement |
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Abyssinian accompanied ancient world Appendix Arabic Assyrian Babylonian Bible century B.C. chants circa cithara civilization clapping clay consisted copper Courtesy University Museum crossbar culture cymbals dance dancers dating back depicted developed double flutes double oboe double pipes drum earliest early Egypt Egyptian Enki Enlil epic Erech Figure fingerholes flute Gilgamesh gods Greek Gudea hand harp harpist Hebrew holes horn hymns Idelsohn Inanna inlaid instru Israelites ivory King kinnor later Levites literature Lugalbanda lute lyre melody mentioned ments Mesopotamia metal millennium B.C. modes musical instruments musical notation musicians nether world Ninhursag Nippur oboes orchestra painting Palestine pentatonic period Phoenician Plate played players plectrum poetry popular priests probably Psalms psalteries reed religious rhythm rhythmic Sachs sacred scale Semitic shofar similar singers singing sistra sistrum song sound story stringed instruments style Sumerian Syrian T'kiah Talmud tambourine Temple texts tomb tones trumpet Utnapishtim vertical vocal women word