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The Music of the Sumerians and their immediate successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians.

Francis W Galpin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 128 Seiten

1972 | 2. Auflage (Reprint)
Koerner, Valentin (Verlag)
978-3-87320-533-8 (ISBN)

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Thirty-six different forms of ancient instruments are described here and illustrated from contemporary representations and extant examples, the place that music occupied in temple ritual and civil life is discussed, and the musical scale in use is examined. For the first time a staff translation of the cuneiform notation is presented, the example being a harp accompaniment to a Sumerian hymn of about 2000 B.C. Out of his wide knowledge of the ancient distribution of musical instruments, Dr. Galpin suggests points of contact with other cultures that may help to elucidate the origin of the Sumerians and their place in the history of art.

Reihe/Serie	Sammlung musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen ; 33
Zusatzinfo	plates
Verlagsort	Baden-Baden
Sprache	englisch
Einbandart	kartoniert
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Altertum /Musik • HC/Musik/Allgemeines, Lexika • Hymnus • Mesopotamien /Musik • Musikgeschichte • Repräsentation • Ritus
ISBN-10	3-87320-533-5 / 3873205335
ISBN-13	978-3-87320-533-8 / 9783873205338
Zustand	Neuware