Music in Antiquity: The Near East and the Mediterranean

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2014

Music in Antiquity

The Near East and the Mediterranean

Edited by: Joan Goodnick Westenholz , Yossi Maurey and Edwin Seroussi

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110340297

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Co-publication with Magnes Press

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, volume VIII of Yuval – Studies of the Jewish Music Research Centre at the Hebrew University, provides an updated scholarly assessment of the rich soundscapes of ancient civilizations.

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

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"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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Prologue
A Brief Account of the Development of the Field of Music Archaeology Anne Draffkorn Kilmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
II. Studies
The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation – A Reexamination Bathja Bayer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977 Anne Draffkorn Kilmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East Dahlia Shehata Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
The Balaĝ Instrument and Its Role in the Cult of Ancient Mesopotamia Uri Gabbay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
The Ala-Instrument: Its Identification and Role Sam Mirelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Musical Practices and Instruments in Late Bronze Age Ugarit (Syria) Annie Caubet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Nudity and Music in Anatolian Mythological Seduction Scenes and Iconographic Imagery Ora Brison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Illusions of Grandeur: The Instruments of Daniel 3 Reconsidered Michael Lesley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Greek Epic and Kypriaka: Why “Cyprus Matters” John Curtis Franklin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern Mariella De Simone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Aspects of Music Culture in the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods: Sepphoris as a Case Study Mira Waner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Soothing Lyres and epodai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David Antonietta Provenza Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
Sounds from under the Ashes: The Music of Cults and Mysteries in the Ancient Vesuvian Land Roberto Melini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340
III. Epilogue
Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom Yossi Maurey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Academics in the fields of ancient Jewish history, Jewish culture and music.
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 375
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 9
- Coloured Illustrations: 52
Keywords: Ancient Jewish History; Jewish Culture; Jewish Music

eBook

Published: April 2, 2014
ISBN: 9783110340297

Hardcover

Published: March 17, 2014
ISBN: 9783110340266