Babylonian Fingers,Mukhtar Divertimento at The British Museum
The 'ud in Iraq from earliest sources and Music in Sumer and after
Enjoy Ahmed Mukhtaran evening at the British Museum
Saturday 29 November, 18.30-20.00- Hall 35
Enjoy an evening in the special exhibition Babylon: Myth and Reality with ancient and modern poetry and music in Arabic and English. Featuring the Iraqi oud player, Ahmed Mukhtar the renown Solo Oud '' Mesopotamian instrumental'', he will recite ancient music with Babylonian style, and some of his compositions influence by ancient Babylon.
collaboration with Saqi books.
Booking information
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ICONEA
International conference of Near Eastern Archaeomusicologyto be held at The British Museum, Stevenson Lecture Theatre. Department of the Middle East Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG December 4, 5 and 6, 2008.
ICONEA is the International Conference of Near Eastern Archaeomusicology, organised by the Department of the Middle East and archaeomusicologist Richard Dumbrill, assisted by Sam Mirelman and Myriam Marcetteau. Click on the contact link to leave a message: contact@iconea.org .Cell Phone (only for emergencies): +44(0)7930 150 600.
Saturday, 6th December
Chair: Piotr Michalowski
0900 - H6 Workshop
Continued. Chaired by Michalowski
0930 - Dahlia Shehata
Divine Sounds: Musical Instruments in Ancient Near Eastern Religions
1000 - David Crookes
The Scale of the Psalter
1030 - Coffee: Have a break at any of the Court cafes or at the Forum just across the road.
1100 - Dominique Collon
The Mesopotamian Orchestra in the Iconography
1130 - David Halperin
Statistical analysis in musical reconstruction of the Hurrian material
1200 - Katerina Kolotourou
Early Greek percussion and its Oriental prototype: the case of rattles, frame drums in the Ancient Mediterranean
1230 - Colette LeRoux
Music and Magic: Performativity and the Lyre in the Ancient Near East
1300 - Lunch break: Have your lunch in any of the cheerful cafes around the Museum.
NB BBC Radio 4 will make a public recording of musical demonstrations such as various hypothetical tunings, melodic and rhythmic reconstructions, instrument reconstruction during the lunch break at the Stevenson Lecture theatre. With Bo Lawergren, Tomoko Sugarawa, Susanna Rühling, David Halperin, Andrew Lowings, Theo Krispijn, Richard Dumbrill and others. All are invited. Suggestions welcome.
Chair: Richard Dumbrill
1400 - Sepideh Khaksar
Evidence of scaling on Elamite Lutes from the terracotta
1430 - Siam Bhayro
Ancient Near Eastern and Early Jewish Lyre Traditions
1500 - Ahmad Mukhtar
The 'ud in Iraq in its earliest sources
1530 - Agnes Garcia Ventura/Mireia Lopez Bertran
Embodying musical performances in Ancient Mediterranean
1600 - Tea: Have a break at any of the great court cafes or at the Forum just across the road.
1630 - Ernest McClain, delivered by Richard Dumbrill
How Sumerian graphics mother archaeomusicology
1700 - H6 Workshop
Conclusions. Chaired by Krispijn
1755 - Conclusions and instructions. Closing speech
Drinks at the Museum Tavern
2000 - Celebration dinner
Dinner will be served nearby the British Museum. Exit the Museum, turn right. TAS Restaurant is on the next corner.
Group menu at £16.95. Turkish wine from £13.20 per bottle