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Thread #101195 Message #2039260
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
30-Apr-07 - 05:45 AM
Thread Name: Sea Music in a world context
Subject: RE: Sea Music in a world context
Ancient Egypt!
"sailors on the Nile matched their strokes to the rythmn of a traditional shanty" - p. 126, in Joyce Tyldesley's "Daughters of Isis - Women of Ancient Egypt." London, Penguin, 1994
According to the bibliography this statement came from -
Manniche, Lise. Music and musicians in Ancient Egypt. London : British Museum Press, c1991. Description: 142 p., [16] p. of plates : ISBN: 0714109495 (pbk)
sandra