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The Music of the Bible, with an Account of the Development of Modern Musical Instruments from Ancient Types - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...parts, much 1 The close of Ezek. xxviii. 13 should therefore be "the workmanship of the jewels, and the setting of the stones" (not "of thy tabrets and of thy pipes "). /, in the same way as on the double-flageolet, which at one time was somewhat popular in England, though now rarely seen or heard. Both examples are of the simplest construction. The material of which they are made (including the mouthpieces and tongues) is of river-reed, cut into lengths, which Fig-54 have to be inserted into each other before use. To prevent accidental loss, the separate parts are connected by common waxed cord. These instruments are called arghool, and have distinguishing titles, according to the length of the drone-tube. In Fig. 53 the inequality in the length of the two pipes is very apparent. Fig. 54 shows that they were sometimes used in Egyptian processions of a solemn character. In Fig. 55 is shown the capistrum, which Greeks and Romans wore to give support to muscles of the cheeks and face whilst blowing. In modem orchestras we are perfectly content with the quantity of tone produced from our tube-instruments without the assistance of these headbandages. An Assyrian is shown playing upon the double-flute in Fig. 56. It is much to be regretted that no details as to the construction of these instruments can be gleaned from the ancient bas-reliefs. No attempt seems to have been made to mark even the position of the holes. The use of the double-flute by nations with whom the Jews had constant intercourse having been shown, nothing more can be said. The reader must form his own opinion as to the probability of its being rightly enrolled amongst Hebrew musical instruments. The quality of tone produced by the reed-pipes was,...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230858806
- ISBN 13 9781230858807
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages38
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