A thorough and carefully researched 1937 account of the music of the Sumerians and their immediate predecessors, the Babylonians and Assyrians.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Percussion instruments (autophones and membranophones); 2. Wind instruments (aerophones); 3. Stringed instruments (chordophones); 4. Scale and notation; 5. The appreciation of music; 6. The racial element in music); Abbreviations; References and notes to the six chapters; Score of the Sumerian hymn; Index and glossary.