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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