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Music in Ancient Egypt

Music played a very important part in ancient Egyptian life. From all periods  there are scenes in temples and tombs showing musicians playing. Deities were  praised in songs and many women of the elite had titles such as 'chantress  of Amun', demonstrating  the importance of music in the cults of the gods. The Egyptians did not have  musical notations (in contrast to the Sumerians and Greeks). The sound of  the music is therefore lost. However, musical instruments have survived, and  from these it is possible to reconstruct at least the range of possible sounds. 

Manniche 1991 distinguished  several areas where music played an important part: worship of gods, military  and processional music, music at the court, music and sexuality, and the 'songs  of the harpist'. The latter is a figure often shown in tomb scenes singing  songs 
Depictions in Art
musical instruments
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UC 33398

further reading:

Modern recording of ancient (Near Eastern) music:

A. Draffkorn/R.L. Crocker/R.R. Brown. Sounds from Silence. (CD or LP record  - hard to get)



 

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