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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 … scholars understood the term balaĝ as a general word for musical instruments (Hartmann 1960: 57) or for stringed instruments (Krispijn …
The Ala-Instrument: its Identification and Role
… Concerning musical instruments, we are fortunate to have many terms, … Galpin’s view has been followed by Sachs 1940: 74ff.; Hartmann 1960: 79–82; Spycket 1972: 179–180; Marcuse 1975: … Gabbay 2007: 59 and Ziegler 2007: 74. The purpose of this article is to confirm this identification with a more …
Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern
… by Kurke 1992: 95). Linen chitons and golden crickets were part of a luxurious Eastern clothing adopted by noblemen to … to democratic; the Orient, contrasted with the isonomic Spartan model, was connoted with stereotypes of cowardice and … (Kurke 1992: 103). … 23468 … Aristophanes … Phrynichos … Music history … Ancient music … Athens … Ancient Greece … …
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 … the Land of Israel. Based on the abundance of music-related artifacts found, this paper examines aspects of …
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 … in ancient Greek thought on a likeness between soul and musical harmony. This idea involves also a “harmonious” … order distinguishing human physis as being a part of the world order ( kosmos ), as it is possible to …
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. … first nor the last musicologist to treat ancient music as part of a general music-history survey. Especially prominent …
Between Tradition and Modernity
… Maier Levi of Esslingen is volume 12 of the JMRC's Yuval Music Series. The new production comprises 179 liturgical … compendium, even though not complete since its greater part only covers the High Holy Day services, nevertheless … describes the wider liturgical and worship background, particularly the role of the congregation during the prayer …
Traces of Jewish Musicians in the Writings of Lomazzo
… The discovery of traces of Jewish musicians in Lomazzo’s Trattato dell’Arte Della Pittura would no doubt be of interest to historians of Jewish music as well as to art historians in general. Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo was one …
Remarks Concerning the Use of the Melograph in Ethnomusicological Studies
… The Melograph, by now, has become part and parcel of ethnomusicological research and no longer needs an introduction. … methods of research it suggests. However, the scope of this article does not permit a summary of all the points which …
Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
… we encounter the fateful question if this kind of music making is at all in the nature of man, and therefore … apparently, in this original state of monophony while part singing and group playing were considered an art product and a late result of cultural processes. …