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THE ROOTS OF
ANCIENT MUSIC
The
Development of Music Since
The
Dawn of Ttime
(Paperback - 25 Mar 2011)
Robert D. Morritt
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The development of Music since the
Dawn of Time is rare glimpse of the evolvement of music also of its development from the dawn of time. As
witnessed by the recent archaeological discovery of prehistoric flutes in
caves.
 This book
investigates both the origin of early music from various sources, which
include extant texts, and a history of the development of musical instruments
from Sumeria and Ancient Egypt, and also of Papyrri and includes a glimpse of
modulation, tetra chords, modes, and an of ancient Greek Instruments,
Musicians and Dramatists..
Obscure primitive instruments such
as the Carnyx and the Hydraulis (the ancestor of the organ) are featured
together with contemporary accounts by Classical writers such as Plato and
Aristotle's essay entitled, “How the young should learn music”
The author further describes how
music was used in early battles by the Celts, Gauls and Germans) and noted in
the works of both Tacitus and Ammainus.), and also affords us a glimpse of
modulation, tetra chords, modes, and an of ancient Greek Instruments,
Musicians and Dramatists..
Ancient Roman Music and musical
instruments are also included together with a look at the development of
Celtic and of Greco- Roman music. The book concludes with an observation of
Celtic musical instruments
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