{"id":2220,"date":"2023-12-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofpetrie.org.uk\/wp\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:56:55","slug":"heidi-kopp-junk-on-ancient-egyptian-music-additional-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofpetrie.org.uk\/wp\/lectures\/heidi-kopp-junk-on-ancient-egyptian-music-additional-references\/","title":{"rendered":"Heidi Kopp-Junk on Ancient Egyptian Music: Additional References"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61870bed0fd4e637f798f3d41b87af82 wp-block-paragraph\">The December 2023 issue of the PMF Magazine includes a report by Jan Robinson (with photographs by Paul Robinson) on the May 2023 lecture by Dr Heidi Kopp-Junk concerning Music in Ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9417e728ea964e3b4f0b9e71c4ac6e49 wp-block-paragraph\">These additional notes are provided for any member wishing to find out more by searching for further illustrations online (or elsewhere), or locating articles and books by our speaker.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6025f41844576aabf2cdc0a3c67ce6bd wp-block-paragraph\">A pdf of this page may be downloaded from here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofpetrie.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heidi-Kopp-Junk-ADDITIONAL.pdf\">AE Music References<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f319e911b4bd1c983441cbfc57a820fc wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Egyptian Musicians<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mastaba and statue of the flautist Ipi Dahshur Dyn.4 c.2600 BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wooden panel from coffin \u201cLady of the House. Chantress of Amun Re. Luxor 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;Int. Period W1052 (c.1000 BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wooden coffin of temple musician Iwesemhesetmwt Thebes Dyn 21 c.1000BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iti &amp; Hekenu, the oldest duo in the world. False door of Nikaura &amp; That. Saqqara. 5<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Dyn c.2470 BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Splendidly dressed female musicians. Tomb of Nebamun. Thebes. 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Dyn.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Female lute player with tattoo of Bes, headcone, belt, necklace. Faience bowl. NK. C.1500 BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scantily dressed female musicians. Tomb of Djeserkaraseneb TT38 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Dyn. C.1390<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harp-players with braids ending in disks. Tomb of Pepjamkh-heryib. Dyn. 6. Rock tombs Meir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a3e68f62be8c6c8aac2d879f0306a432 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Aerophones: flute, trumpet, clarinet, oboe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mastaba of In-Snefru-ishtef. Dahshur. C. 25000BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Musicians &amp; dancers: double oboe. Tomb of Nebamun. Thebes. 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Dyn. C.1420 BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BBC recroding of Tutankhamun\u2019s trumpets. You tube.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Membranophones: drums<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Round frame drum, rectangular frame drum, barrel drum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soldier with barrel drum. Tomb of TjanunyTT74. 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Dyn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Round frame drum Graeco Athribis Photo H. K-J<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rectangular frame drum. Tomb of Hatnofer. Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. Thebes. (type only 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Dyn).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Idiophones: clappers, sistra, rattles, bells cymbals<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rattles are attested from the 5th millenium BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sistra with head of Hathor Museum August Kestner Hannover, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teacher\/priest of Hathor Khesuwer. C.2000BC in Maniche, L., Music and Musicians in Ancient Egypt. London 1991,123, Fig.74<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Menit from Malqata. Private house Dyn 18. Met. Mus. Of Art New York inv.11.215.450<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goddess Isis with sistrum. Abydus. Temple of Seti I.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Chordophones: Harp, lyre, lute<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blind harper. Tomb of priest\/scribe Nakht. Thebes TT 52, NK. 18th Dyn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harp from tomb of Any. Thebes. MK. British Museum, London<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lyre. Tomb of Khnumhotep, Beni Hasan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travelling beduins with a lyre. Tomb of Khnumhotep, Beni Hasan MK.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decorated lyre. Fayum. Berlin AM 10247 18th Dyn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the classification of instruments Heidi drew upon: Systematik der System of classification Hornbostel, Sachs, Systematik der Musikinstrumente,Ein Versuch. Zeitschrift Fur Ethnologie 46 (1914) 553-590<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-810480bc2642bc13d7fdecda5f9e910f wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bibliography (Heidi Kopp-Junk\u2019s Articles and Books)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Articles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Die Anf\u00e4nge der Musik im Alten \u00c4gypten: ein \u00dcberblick. In: K\u00f6hler, C., et al., Origins 6: OLA 303, 2021, 381-396&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.Am Anfang war die Rassel &#8211; die fr\u00fchesten Musikinstrumente im Alten \u00c4gypten. Antike Welt 1\/21 (2021), 74-82&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Music in Ancient Egypt. ASOR (American School of Oriental Research) VI, Nr. 1, 2018&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.Sound of Silen ly? Neueste Ergebnisse aus der Musikarch\u00e4ologie. In: Bl\u00f6baum, A. I. et al.: P\u00e9r\u00e9grinations avec Erhart Graefe&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5.Musik im Alten \u00c4gypten. Sokar 33 (2016), 26-33&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. The Artists behind the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs: Performance and Technique. In: Landgr\u00e1fov\u00e1, R., Navr\u00e1tilov\u00e1, H. (eds.): The World of the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. Textual, iconographical and archaeological evidence for the performance of ancient Egypt Music. In: Ventura, A. G., Tavolieri, C., Verderame, L. (eds.): The Musical Performance in Antiquity&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. The harp in Ancient Egypt. Nile Magazine 27 (September-October 2020), 8-19&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9.The sound of ancient Egypt &#8211; acoustics and volume measurements. Ars inter Culturas 9 (2020), 13-33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10.Rattle for Eternity: Die \u00e4ltesten Perkussionsinstrumente des Alten \u00c4gypten. In: Saura-Ziegelmeyer, A. (ed.): Ancient Percussion Instruments: Revue PALLAS 115 (2021), 171-190.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11.With R. Hannig, D. Rutica: Aspekte der pharaonischen Musik: Stimme, Musiker und Auff\u00fchrungspraxis von Debeheni bis zu den alt\u00e4gyptischen Liebesliedern. In: Festschrift Regine Schulz. \u00c4gypten und Altes Testament 97, M\u00fcnster 2021, 137-165&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12.G\u00f6ttliche Kl\u00e4nge. Zur manipulativen Kraft der Musik im Alten \u00c4gypten. In: Ehret, J. (ed.): Die geistige und geistliche Macht der Musik. M\u00fcnster 2022, 27-46&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13.Die Entwicklung der alt\u00e4gyptischen Musikinstrumente bis ins 1. Jt. n. Chr.: Pharaonisches Erbe oder Neubeginn? Ars inter culturas 10 (2022), 113-152&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14. Clappers in Ancient Egypt: Wood or ivory for the same event or ritual? Telestes 2 (2022), 51-62<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Books<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Musik im alten \u00c4gypten, in print, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Die Anf\u00e4nge der Musik im Alten \u00c4gypten vom 5. Jt. v. Chr. bis zur 4. 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