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The Balaĝ Instrument and its Role in the Cult of Ancient Mesopotamia
… The balaĝ instrument played an important part in ancient Mesopotamian religion, but its identification has … scholars understood the term balaĝ as a general word for musical instruments (Hartmann 1960: 57) or for stringed … … Instrument … Instrumental music … balag … Mesopotamia … Ancient … Ancient music … Music history … The Balaĝ …
The Ala-Instrument: its Identification and Role
… Concerning musical instruments, we are fortunate to have many terms, … representations and a handful of material remains from ancient Mesopotamia. However, a precise identification or … , one of the few securely identifiable instruments in ancient Mesopotamia. Secondly, an attempt will be made to …
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 … Ugarit casts some light upon the poorly known history of ancient Near Eastern music in the span of time between … to resist, is open to frustration. … 23464 … Bronze Age … Ancient … Ancient music … Ancient Instruments … Ancient …
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. … music … Iconography … Seduction … Mythology … Music … Ancient music … Music history … Nudity and Music in …
Illusions of Grandeur: The Instruments of Daniel 3 Reconsidered
… orchestra as its first audience did. … 23466 … Ancient music … Bible … Biblical … Daniel (Book of) … Nebuchadnezzar … Ancient Instruments … Illusions of Grandeur: The Instruments …
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 …
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 … Roman and Byzantine periods — as a case study. … 23469 … Ancient Israel … Israel … Byzantine … Hellenistic … Roman … Music history … Ancient music … Ancient Musical Practices … Aspects of Music …
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 … characters and behaviors, and even health, is based in ancient Greek thought on a likeness between soul and musical … induced by it healed excessive emotions. … 23470 … Ancient music … Ancient … Greek … Ancient Greece … Music …
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 … ash and lava. … 23471 … Roman … Vesuvius … Mount Vesuvius … Ancient music … Ancient Musical Practices … Cultural heritage … …
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 … was neither the first nor the last musicologist to treat ancient music as part of a general music-history survey. …