The False Decipherment of Cuneiform ‘Notation’ in the Early Twentieth Century

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS V
3. Preface VII
4. Remembering Music in Early Greece 1
5. Interpreting Non-European Perceptions and Representations of Early Modern European Music 43
6. From Music Archaeology to Historiography: Andean Music Archaeology and Musical Instruments, Singing and Dancing in Guaman Poma’s Nuéva Crónica y Bien Gobierno 51
7. Music-Archaeological Research on Pre-Columbian Music Cultures, 1880–1920 77
8. Antiquarians, Archaeologists and Music in Nineteenth Century London: Early Conversations in Music’s Prehistory 107
9. The False Decipherment of Cuneiform ‘Notation’ in the Early Twentieth Century 135
10. Studies of Ancient Nordic Music, 1915–1940 145
11. Music Archaeology in Scandinavia, 1800–1990 177