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The Balaĝ Instrument and its Role in the Cult of Ancient Mesopotamia
… scholars understood the term balaĝ as a general word for musical instruments (Hartmann 1960: 57) or for stringed … was played. … 23462 … Instrument … Instrumental music … balag … Mesopotamia … Ancient … Ancient music … Music history … The Balaĝ Instrument and its Role in …
The Ala-Instrument: its Identification and Role
… Concerning musical instruments, we are fortunate to have many terms, … died out in contemporary Iraq; thus comparisons with other musical cultures from around the world must be made. In … no historical links are implied. … 23463 … Instrument … Musical instruments … Ancient Instruments … Ancient music … …
Musical Practices and Instruments in Late Bronze Age Ugarit (Syria)
… provides a wide range of evidence for the reconstruction of musical practice during the Late Bronze Age, at the time of … light upon the poorly known history of ancient Near Eastern music in the span of time between third-millennium Sumer and … to frustration. … 23464 … Bronze Age … Ancient … Ancient music … Ancient Instruments … Ancient Musical Practices … …
Nudity and Music in Anatolian Mythological Seduction Scenes and Iconographic Imagery
… This essay focuses the role of Anatolian music in erotic and sexual contexts — especially of its … function in mythological seduction scenes. In these scenes, music is employed as a means of enhancing erotic seduction. … cultic, sexual iconographic representations associated with musical instruments and performers of music will also be …
Illusions of Grandeur: The Instruments of Daniel 3 Reconsidered
… orchestra as its first audience did. … 23466 … Ancient music … Bible … Biblical … Daniel (Book of) … Nebuchadnezzar …
Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern
… (Kurke 1992: 103). … 23468 … Aristophanes … Phrynichos … Music history … Ancient music … Athens … Ancient Greece … Greece … Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern … Mariella De Simone …
Aspects of Music Culture in the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods: Sepphoris as a Case Study
… years of Hellenistic culture, manifested in language, art, music, cult and thought. Yet, despite and alongside the … time offers an opportunity to examine the development of music culture in a region that was inhabited by people of … field involving archaeology, ethnology and musicology, use is made of tools, theories and methodologies …
Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David
… The psychagogic efficacy of music, namely its power to act on the soul in such a way as … in ancient Greek thought on a likeness between soul and musical harmony. This idea involves also a “harmonious” … . A strong bridge between the pre-Socratic harmonia and musical healing is built by Aristotle in his Politics …
Sounds from under the Ashes: The Music of Cults and Mysteries in the Ancient Vesuvian Land
… with them a cultural heritage that included a pantheon and music. The sonorous horizon of the cities of Pompeii and … lava. … 23471 … Roman … Vesuvius … Mount Vesuvius … Ancient music … Ancient Musical Practices … Cultural heritage … Mediterranean …
Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom
… The French musicologist Jacques Chailley devoted his professional career to the revival of medieval music and ancient theater and to the study of Greek music. Of his numerous publications, a book he originally …