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Ancient Egyptian Musical
Elements in Ancient Greek Music
Daniel Snchez-Muoz
Department of History and Sciences of Music (UGR)
Scholarship Researcher FPU (FPU14/00927)
INTRODUCTION
ORIENTALISM IN THE
MUSIC OF ANCIENT WORLD
Marcelle DuchesneGuillemin
ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC NEW MESOPOTAMIAN MUSIC
lexis
Spoken Word
mousikh tecnh
Muses Art
orcesis
Dance
Melos
Music
Singing and
Lyrical Poetry
THE INSTRUMENTS
The lyres
The harps
WISDOM VS.
HAPINESS IN MUSIC
NAM-NAR MELOS?
WISDOM IN ANCIENT
MESOPOTAMIAN MUSIC
My barge 'Crown', the 'Stag of the Abzu',
transports me there most delightfully. It
glides swiftly for me through the great
marshes to wherever I have decided, it is
obedient to me. The stroke-callers make
the oars pull in perfect unison. They sing
for me pleasant songs, creating a
cheerful mood on the river.
Enki and the World Order, ETCSL , 1.1.3.
Enki, patron of
Mesopotamian music
HAPINESS IN ANCIENT
EGYPTIAN MUSIC
My body says, my lips repeat:/ Holy music
for Hathor, music a million times/ Because
you love music, million times music/ To your
ka wherever you are!/ I am he who makes the
singer waken music for Hathor/ Every day at
any hour she wishes./ May your heart be at
peace with music,/ May you proceed in
goodly peace,/ May you rejoice in life and
gladness/ With Horus who loves you,/ Who
feasts with you on your foods,/ Who eats
with you of the offerings,/ May you admit me
to it every day!
Second Hymn [to Hathor] from the Stela of
King Wahankh Intef II
CONSEQUENCES IN EGYPTIAN
AND GREEK MUSIC
The importance of dance
Dance as expression of the
happiness in Music
The aerophones
Egypt and Greece vs.
Mesopotamian and IndoEuropean absence of
aerophones
Bad character of music =Too
much happiness
Few presence in scribal
curriculum
Music and Homosexuality
CONCLUSIONS
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