The music of the Sumerians and their immediate successors, the Babylonians & Assyrians

Title
  1. The music of the Sumerians and their immediate successors, the Babylonians & Assyrians, described and illustrated from original sources by Francis W. Galpin.
Published by
  1. Cambridge [England] University Press, 1937.
Author
  1. Galpin, Francis W. (Francis William), 1858-1945

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Description
  1. xiv, 110 pages illustrations, music, 12 plates; 29 cm
Subject
  1. Music > Iraq > Sumer > History and criticism
  2. Music > Assyria > History and criticism
  3. Music > Iraq > Babylonia > History and criticism
  4. Musique > Irak > Sumer > Histoire et critique
  5. Musique > Assyrie > Histoire et critique
  6. Musique > Irak > Babylonie > Histoire et critique
  7. Music
  8. Muziek
  9. Muziekinstrumenten
  10. Soemeriërs
  11. Babyloniërs
  12. Assyriërs (volk)
  13. Middle East > Assyria
  14. Middle East > Babylonia
  15. Middle East > Sumer
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Percussion instruments -- Wind instruments -- Stringed instruments -- Scale and notation -- The appreciation of music -- The racial element in music.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.
  2. "A Sumerian hymn on the creation of man, with harp accompaniment of the second millennium B. C.": p. [99]-[104]
Bibliography (note)
  1. "References and notes": p. 87-98.