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a| ML162.E58
b| M8 1929
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a| Engel, Carl,
d| 1818-1882.
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a| The music of the most ancient nations :
b| particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Hebrews ; with special reference to recent discoveries in Western Asia and in Egypt /
c| by Carl Engel.
260
a| London :
b| William Reeves Bookseller Limited,
c| 1929.
300
a| xii, 380 pages :
b| including frontispiece, illustrations (including music) ;
c| 23 cm
336
a| text
2| rdacontent
337
a| unmediated
2| rdamedia
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a| volume
2| rdacarrier
500
a| With about 100 illustrations.
500
a| Exact facsimile of the 1864 edition.
504
a| "Literature of Hebrew-music": pages 354-357.
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t| The oldest records on music.
t| Representations of musical instruments on ancient sculptures and paintings ;
t| National music applied to ethnology ;
t| Monumental records referring to Assyrian music ;
t| The ruins of Nimroud, Khorsabad, and Kouyunjik ;
t| The extent to which the characteristics of Assyrian music can be ascertained from the representations of the instruments ;
g| The gradual development of music from its most primitive state, demonstrated by a comparison of the music of modern nations in different stages of civilisation ;
t| The earliest musical instruments ;
g| Examples of musical scales in use among nations in different stages of civilisation ;
t| The earliest development of vocal music ;
t| The degree of progress in music attained by the Assyrians ;
g| Their accomplishments in other arts --
t| Musical instruments of the Assyrians.
t| The harp ;
t| Traces of the ancient Oriental harp in Europe ;
t| The Assyrian lyre and the Nubian kissar ;
t| The Assyrian dulcimer and the Persian santir ;
t| The asor ;
t| The tamboura or guitar ;
t| The double-pipe ;
t| The trumpet ;
t| The drum ;
t| Assyrian bronze bells found in the ruins of Nimroud ;
t| Tambourine and cymbals ;
t| Remarks on the dancing of the Assyrian musicians ;
t| Traces of some other Assyrian instruments ;
t| Conjectures on the antiquity of stringed instruments played with a bow ;
t| Some peculiar similarities between ancient Asiatic and European instruments ;
t| The names of musical instruments --
t| Assyrian musical performances.
t| Various combinations of musical instruments ;
t| Description of the Assyrian bas-reliefs in the British museum on which musical performers are represented ;
t| Other representations of Assyrian musicians briefly described ;
g| The characteristics of the performances ;
t| Fondness of the Assyrians for music ;
g| Their songs ;
t| Music employed in their religious worship ;
t| Court bands of the kings ;
t| Rhythmical character of the music ;
t| Oriental music of the present time ;
t| Choruses of the dervishes ;
t| Call to prayer of the Muezzin ;
t| Character of the Assyrian instrumental accompaniments ;
t| Harmony not entirely unknown to the Assyrians --
t| Musical system of the Assyrians.
t| Resemblance of the Assyrian music to that of other ancient Oriental nations ;
t| The pentatonic scale ;
g| The present existence of the pentatonic scale in various Asiatic nations evidenced by tunes from China, Siam, Java, Hindoostan, Burmah, and Japan ;
g| High antiquity of the pentatonic scale in Asia ;
t| The order of intervals in which the Assyrian stringed instruments appear to have been usually tuned ;
t| Traces of the pentatonic scale among the ancient Greeks ;
t| The intervals of the Nubian kissar ;
t| Subdivisions of the whole tone ;
t| Diffusion of the pentatonic scale ;
t| The pentatonic scale of the ancient American Indians ;
t| Traces of the same scale in the music of the Scotch and other Celtic races ;
t| The peculiar character of the Assyrian music ;
t| The probable musical notation of the Assyrians --
t| Music of the ancient Egyptians.
t| Egyptian instruments ;
t| Various harps ;
t| Bruce's harps ;
t| Egyptian name of the harp ;
t| The trigonon ;
t| The lyre ;
t| The tamboura ;
t| Peculiar stringed instruments ;
t| Pipes, flutes, double-pipes ;
t| Trumpets ;
t| Drums and tambourines ;
t| Curious instruments of percussion ;
t| The sistrum ;
t| Crotala, cymbals, bells ;
t| Vocal and instrumental performances ;
t| The Egyptian musical instruments compared with the Assyrian ;
g| Opinions of some musical historians --
t| Music of the Hebrews.
t| Gradual development of the Hebrew music ;
t| Musical instruments ;
t| Diversity of opinion respecting the real nature of some of the Hebrew instruments ;
t| Josephus's account ;
t| The chatzozerah ;
t| The shophar ;
t| The magrepha ;
t| Nebel and nofre ;
t| The Hebrew lyre ;
t| Vocal and instrumental performances ;
t| Hebrew music of the present day ;
t| Eastern origin of our own music.
650
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a| Music
y| To 500
x| History and criticism.
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a| Music
z| Assyria
x| History and criticism.
=| ^A12651
650
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a| Music
z| Egypt
x| History and criticism.
=| ^A1240320
650
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a| Jews
v| Music
x| History and criticism.
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a| ML162.E58 M8 1929
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d| 12/8/2022
e| 11/15/2022
f| 6/21/2018
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l| MCS
m| JMUSIC
n| 13
q| 2
r| Y
s| Y
t| MCSSBK
u| 3/3/1986
x| BOOK
z| MCIRC
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