Music of Ancient Mesopotamia

Musicians in Ancient Mesopotamia served primarily in which two (2) venues?

• court

• market place

• schools

• temple

Which kind of instrument was believed to NOT have been used by Ancient Sumerians?

• harp

• viol

• tambourine

• rattle

T or F: Because ancient musicians were valued highly in their skills, they were treated like court officials.

• True

• False

This reconstructed musical instrument from Ancient Mesopotamia is called:

• bull's harp

• cow-head harp

• bull-headed lyre

• moosicalf

Which musical skill played a key role in religious rituals and court ceremonies?

• playing of the lyre

• singing

• composing

• dancing

T or F: There were no distinctions made between the responsibilities of male and female court musicians.

• True

• False

Thes ancient Hurrian tablets from Ugarit are said to contain the:

• oldest known melodies

• history of Akkadian music

• list of important musicians

• instructions to Akkadian musical performance

T or F: Tuning was an essential component in ancient Mesopotamian musical practice.

• True

• False

Based on existing lexical list of intervals, what kind of scale was most probably being used in ancient Mesopotamia?

• pentatonic

• hexatonic

• tetratonic

• heptatonic

Which musicologist was responsible for cataloguing ancient Sumerian instruments?

• Suzanne Cusick

• Ursula Gunther

• Marcelle Dechesne-Guillemin

• Joan Rimmer