Music in Ancient Egypt

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Instruments, Musicians, and Songs. In this mini episode, we explore the traces of ancient Egyptian songs and music. Although the melodies and rhythms are lost, we still have lyrics, instruments and artwork detailing some of these arts. From this, we can understand how certain instruments were played, and what different artists tried to achieve. Plus, modern reconstructions can give us a hint at the soundscape of ancient Egypt. Musical Interludes (by permission): Flute: Erik the Flutemaker (Youtube) (Website) Sistrum: Tahya of HathorSystrum (Youtube) (Website) Harp: Michael Levy (Website) Prayer: Michael Atherton (Website) Drums: Jeffrey Goodman (Youtube) (Website) Select Bibliography: Leibovitch, “The Statuette of an Egyptian Harper and String-Instruments in Egyptian Statuary,” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (1960). Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 2006. Miriam Lichtheim, “The Songs of the Harpers,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies (1945). Lise Manniche, Music and Musicians in Ancient Egypt, 1992. William Kelly Simpson, The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003. Edward F. Wente, “Egyptian “Make Merry” Songs Reconsidered” Journal of Near Eastern Studies (1962). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.0	Shr. Hello and
1:05.0	welcome to a history of Egypt podcast mini episode.
1:09.0	Songs of Praise takes a look at music, singing and instruments in the world of ancient Egyptian life.
1:16.0	This episode is a real change of pace from the recent narrative,
1:20.0	with plenty of songs and audio clips to illustrate what I'm talking about.
1:24.6	We look at the instruments which survive from archaeological contexts,
1:28.9	a noteworthy song that was recorded in lyrics,
1:32.2	and listen to some recreations of ancient
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1:44.0	May Hathor, Mistress of Music, Lady of the Sistram,
1:48.0	bring melody into your life and sing your praises. Before the modern era there were five ways to make music. You could clap,
2:09.7	sing, beat a drum, pluck a string or blow through a pipe.
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