Music in Antiquity: The Near East and the Mediterranean

by Joan Goodnick Westenholz (Editor), Yossi Maurey (Editor), Edwin Seroussi (Editor)

Overview

Music was one component of the cultural continuum that developed in the contiguous civilizations of the ancient Near East and of Greece and Rome. This book covers the range and gamut of this symbiosis, as well as scrutinizes archeological findings, texts, and iconographical materials in specific geographical areas along this continuum. The book provides an updated scholarly assessment of the rich soundscapes of ancient civilizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110370607
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	04/02/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	387
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Joan Goodnick Westenholz †, Bible Lands Museum,Jerusalem; Yossi Maurey and Edwin Seroussi,Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Table of Contents

List of figures ix

Preface 1

I Prologue Anne Draffkorn Kilmer

A Brief Account of the Development of the Field of Music Archaelogy 11

II Studies Bathja Bayer

The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation-a Reexamination 15

Mesopotamian Music Theory since 1977 Anne Draffkorn Kilmer 92

Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East Dahlia Shehata 102

The Balag Instrument and Its Role in the Cult of Ancient Mesopotamia Uri Gabbay 129

The Ala-Instrument: Its Identification and Role Sam Mirelman 148

Musical Practices and Instruments in Late Bronze Age Ugarit(Syria) Annie Caubet 172

Nudity and Music in Anatolian Mythological Seduction Scenes and Iconographic Imagery Ora Brison 185

Illusions of Grandeur: the Instruments of Daniel 3 Reconsidered Michael Lesley 201

Greek Epic and Kypriaka: Why "Cyprus Matters" John Curtis Franklin 213

Aristophanes' Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern Mariella De Simone 24

Aspects of Music Culture in the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods: Sepphoris as a Case Study Mira Waner 273

Soothing Lyres and epodai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David Antonietta Provenza 298

Sounds from under the Ashes: the Music of Cults and Mysteries in the Ancient Vesuvian Land Roberto Melini 340

III Epilogus

Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom Yossi Maurey 365

Editorial Reviews

"Pour conclure, il faut rendre à cet ouvrage le mérite d'avoir rassemblé des contributions riches et bien documentées. Certes, certains partis-pris de méthode et certaines conclusions peuvent être contestés, mais il y a là de bonnes idées à développer pour l'avenir des études sur les musiques de la Méditerranée orientale antique."
Sylvain Perrot in: BMCR 2015.03.18

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