The Music of the Most Ancient Nations: Particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Hebrews : with Special Reference to Recent Discoveries in Western Asia and in EgyptJohn Murray, 1870 - 379 pagina's |
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accompaniment acquainted ancient Egyptians ancient nations antiquity appears Arabs Asia Asiatic nations asor Assyrian harp Assyrian instruments Assyrian music bas-reliefs bells British Museum catgut ceremonies Chinese construction countries cymbals dancing diatonic scale double-pipe drum dulcimer Egypt engraving European evidently Fcap flute Greeks guitar hand Hebrew Hebrew music Hindoo Hindoostan History of Music Illustrations instance instru invention Jews kantele kind king kissar London Lord lyre magrepha melodies mentioned ments monuments musical instruments musical performances musical system musicians national music Nimroud Nineveh notes number of strings observed octave opinion order of intervals Oriental ornamented peculiar pentatonic scale perhaps Persian pipe played plectrum Portrait possessed Post 8vo present priests probably religious remarkable repre representations represented resemblance rhythmical sculptures semitones similar singing sistra sistrum slab songs sound stringed instruments struments synagogue tamboura tambourine temple tetrachords tion Travels trumpet tuned usually vocal Vols whole tone wood Woodcuts
Populaire passages
Pagina 266 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Pagina 316 - I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Pagina 314 - And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
Pagina 288 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Pagina 313 - Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Pagina 312 - And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
Pagina 22 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Pagina 293 - Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Pagina 318 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, And wine, are in their feasts: But they regard not the work of the Lord, Neither consider the operation of his hands.
Pagina 107 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?