5 music of ancient civilization and their contributions?

Question

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Answer 1

Greece

"Thus the whole day long till the setting of the sun the gods feasted, nor did their heart lack anything of the equal feast, nor of the beauteous lyre, that Apollo held, nor yet of the Muses, who sang, replying one to the other with sweet voices." [Homer, Iliad 1.600]

I wonder if you mean Muses instead of music? So: Here are the 3 Muses related to music:

"Euterpe is so called because she gives delight to those who hear her sing. The flute is her instrument."

"Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, is so named from the chanting by which she charms her listeners."

"Aoede is Song"

http://www.maicar.com/GML/MUSES.html

Egypt

"Egyptian musical instruments were well developed and varied. They included string instruments such as harps, lyres, lutes, percussion instruments like drums, rattles, tambourines, bells (first used during the Late Period) and cymbals (Roman Period), wind instruments like flutes, clarinets, double pipes, trumpets, and oboes."

"Music was heard in temples as part of worship, during processions and holidays, at parties...It also had economic importance: Boring drudgery was made more bearable by chanting or by listening to music, making workers more efficient."

http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/...

Israel

"Festive choruses enriched marriage ceremonies with music and dancing, and music expressed the joy and thanksgiving when the sheep were sheared and the grapes were gathered. Victorious armies were met with the songs of women, celebrating the return of Israel's warriors, and apparently, music sprang up spontaneously and effortlessly in day to day life as well. In the religion of the Israelites, musical instruments played meaningful roles in the festivals and in the worship at the temple....The percussion instruments in ancient Israel were simple, but they were also extremely numerous...The Hebrew term, tof, encompasses most of the percussion instruments in Israel during the Iron Age. Tof probably refers to various hand-held drums and tambourines.... It is even possible that the tof had a unique connection to marriage ceremonies. The Talmud hints at this connection when it refers to the drum as erush, which means betrothed....The second type of percussion instrument is called the tziltzilim, which resembles cymbals. Cymbals were commonly made of brass in ancient Israel...Cymbals are thought to have been used in temple worship in order to cue the choir to begin singing....Another class of percussion instruments, the menaanaim, is difficult to define. The archaeological information reveals a large number of rattles that this word could be referring to... What we do know is that menaanaim comes from the verb nua, which means "to shake" or "to move about"....various types of bells, Paamonim were attached to the hem of the priest's robe.These bells were on the priests robe so that if he died in the presence of the Lord, those that were outside the tabernacle would know. Another type of bell, the mezillot were hung on horses, and must have been bigger than the paamonim, since they were apparently large enough to have "Holy to the Lord" inscribed on them. These bells are thought to have been used superstitiously to ward off evil spirits. (Sendrey, 385) Bells that have been found in archaeological digs only date back as far as the Roman period, but the Biblical text seems to be very clear about the existence of bells in ancient Israel, and there does not seem to be any compelling reason to doubt the Biblical text in regards to this issue.

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant...

Answer 2

The oldest known musical instrument ever found was a flute made from a vultures leg bone, and dated to earlier than 30,000 years ago, which means that a neanderthal could have constructed it!

Answer 3

They the drums did play.

They the scales did music make.

they the harmonmisation make did.

I answer your question I hope.