Download or read book Music in Antiquity written by Joan Goodnick Westenholz and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music was one component of the cultural continuum that developed in the contiguous civilizations of the ancient Near East and of Greece and Rome. This book covers the range and gamut of this symbiosis, as well as scrutinizes archeological findings, texts, and iconographical materials in specific geographical areas along this continuum. The book, volume VIII of Yuval – Studies of the Jewish Music Research Centre at the Hebrew University, provides an updated scholarly assessment of the rich soundscapes of ancient civilizations.