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A Brief Account of the Development of the Field of Music Archaeology
… music) and on the benefits of recreating ancient musical instruments. Those contributions, presented either in … … Music history … Ancient … Ancient music … Ancient Instruments … A Brief Account of the Development of the …
Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… known cultures of the ancient as well as the modern world. Musical sounds — whether created by human voice or instruments — occupy the integral function of a … beings. … 23460 … Religious music … religious … Music … Musical instruments … Ancient Instruments … Near East … …
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 instruments (Krispijn 1990: 6–7; 2002: 468). Similarly to …
The Ala-Instrument: its Identification and Role
… Concerning musical instruments, we are fortunate to have many terms, … methodological problem lies in the fact that names of instruments change over time. However, although the identity … died out in contemporary Iraq; thus comparisons with other musical cultures from around the world must be made. In …
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 … … 23464 … Bronze Age … Ancient … Ancient music … Ancient Instruments … Ancient Musical Practices … Musical instruments … Ugarit … Musical …
Nudity and Music in Anatolian Mythological Seduction Scenes and Iconographic Imagery
… cultic, sexual iconographic representations associated with musical instruments and performers of music will also be discussed. …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … world during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. In musical terms, the Nahda is associated with the emergence of … human and non-human mediators, namely, sound, voice, instruments, devices, notation, venues, ideas, discourses, …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… scholar of music in the Islamic world and of the Jewish musical traditions within it. Warkov wanted to study processes of change and acculturation in musical practice, and the Iraqi musicians provided an … music traditions, such as ensemble lineup, primary instruments, specifically Iraqi maqamat , and the melodic …
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… Similarly, Rubin’s study relies heavily on minute musical detail—including intricate discussions of form and … he embraces the idea that canonical figures can define a musical style, and that a ready community will receive and … Rubin imposes on this material, such as adding the other instruments into the mix, and the discussion might have …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… tourists to Ethiopian culture. Traditional Ethiopian musical instruments including the krar (harp) , masinqo (one … Jews into hegemonic Jewish Israeliness. Studying secular musical traditions that Beta Israel had shared with their …