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The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation – A Reexamination

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Music in Antiquity
This chapter is in the book Music in Antiquity

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface 1
  4. I. Prologue
  5. A Brief Account of the Development of the Field of Music Archaeology 11
  6. II. Studies
  7. The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation – A Reexamination 15
  8. Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977 92
  9. Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East 102
  10. The Balaĝ Instrument and Its Role in the Cult of Ancient Mesopotamia 129
  11. The Ala-Instrument: Its Identification and Role 148
  12. Musical Practices and Instruments in Late Bronze Age Ugarit (Syria) 172
  13. Nudity and Music in Anatolian Mythological Seduction Scenes and Iconographic Imagery 185
  14. Illusions of Grandeur: The Instruments of Daniel 3 Reconsidered 201
  15. Greek Epic and Kypriaka: Why “Cyprus Matters” 213
  16. Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern 248
  17. Aspects of Music Culture in the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods: Sepphoris as a Case Study 273
  18. Soothing Lyres and epodai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David 298
  19. Sounds from under the Ashes: The Music of Cults and Mysteries in the Ancient Vesuvian Land 340
  20. III. Epilogue
  21. Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom 365
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110340297.15

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface 1
  4. I. Prologue
  5. A Brief Account of the Development of the Field of Music Archaeology 11
  6. II. Studies
  7. The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation – A Reexamination 15
  8. Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977 92
  9. Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East 102
  10. The Balaĝ Instrument and Its Role in the Cult of Ancient Mesopotamia 129
  11. The Ala-Instrument: Its Identification and Role 148
  12. Musical Practices and Instruments in Late Bronze Age Ugarit (Syria) 172
  13. Nudity and Music in Anatolian Mythological Seduction Scenes and Iconographic Imagery 185
  14. Illusions of Grandeur: The Instruments of Daniel 3 Reconsidered 201
  15. Greek Epic and Kypriaka: Why “Cyprus Matters” 213
  16. Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern 248
  17. Aspects of Music Culture in the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods: Sepphoris as a Case Study 273
  18. Soothing Lyres and epodai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David 298
  19. Sounds from under the Ashes: The Music of Cults and Mysteries in the Ancient Vesuvian Land 340
  20. III. Epilogue
  21. Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom 365
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