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Hettite cultic music.
A study of instrumental and vocal music on the basis of Hittite ritual texts and archaeological evidence.
Monika Schuol
Hardcover
One main element of Hittite rituals is the musical performances frequently mentioned in ritual literature. The sacred acts were accompanied by sacred words recited in a whispered or murmured tone, in metrical form, in responsorial antiphony of precentor and choir or in archaic foreign languages. Music and singing accompanied ritual acts such as the sacrifice, the libation, and the appearance of the king or the royal couple. The use of or ban on music were regulated by ritual instructions mentioning instruments, singing, recitation, and clapping. Most frequently lyres can be found, more rarely harps and lutes [chordophones], drums, different rattles, cymbals [idiophones, membranophones], double oboes, and horns [aerophones]. Songs were performed by individuals or choirs, had diffentiating titles, and were sometimes attributed to particular deities. Music served for calling deities and entertaining them, for communication with them [trance], contact with the deceased, threatening enemies and encouraging fighters. It had an apotropaic, captivating, and erotic effect and was used to entertain feasting parties.
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| Content: | 260 pages, 40 plates | Cover: | Hardcover | |
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| Text: | German | Size: | 21,0 x 29,7 cm / DIN A4 | |
| Abstracts in other languages: | English | weight: | 1.320 g | |
| Keywords: | Hittites, music, priest, ritual, sanctuary | Series: | Orient-Archäologie | |
| ISSN: | 1434-162X | |||
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-89646-644-0 | |||
| ISBN-10: | 3-89646-644-5 | |||
| Place of Publication: | Rahden/Westf. | |||
| Price: | 71,50 € (fPr) | Date of Publication: | 2004 | |