Le statut du musicien dans la Méditerranée ancienne. Égypte, Mésopotamie, Grèce, Rome. Actes de la table ronde internationale tenue à Lyon Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (université Lumière Lyon 2) les 4 et 5 juillet 2008, Lyon. BiEtud 159.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 17576 |
| Format | 20.5 x 28 |
| Détails | 322 p., color illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
The question of the status of the musician transcends chronological and cultural frameworks and requires a dual approach, anthropological and historical. This theme, which has never been the subject of a real study for Antiquity, is here approached through a transversal and comparative approach. The international round table held in Lyon in 2008 thus made it possible to question the figure of the musician in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman societies, from the 4th millennium BC to the very beginning of Christianity. Sometimes adulated, sometimes despised, the professional musician does not have a unequivocal role in ancient societies. This collective work aims to define its contours by addressing remuneration, honors, pageantry, training and know-how, but also the legal and social limits that sometimes affect the professional musician. Established according to the musical instrument, proximity to power, and the context of the musical performance, the hierarchy between musicians varies significantly across societies. The book thus highlights the marked differences between the protagonists, depending on whether they are men or women, free or slave, registered in a corporation or not. Contents Laure Pantalacci Preface ............................................................................................................................. ix Sibylle Emerit Foreword.................................................................................................................. xi Presentation..................................................................................................................... xiii Indicative Bibliography............................................................................................. xvii Abbreviations.......................................................................................................... xviii Transliteration System............................................................................................. xix Introduction Martine Clouzot Methodologies: The Status of the Musician in the Medieval West (13th-15th Century)........................................................... 1 Mesopotamia Dominique Collon The Social Status of Musicians Based on Their Depictions in Mesopotamian Art.................................................. 17 Regine Pruzsinszky The Social Positions of NAR-Musicians of the Ur III Period at the End of the IIIrd Millennium BC.......................................................................................................... 31 Nele Ziegler The Social Status of Musicians in the Paleo-Babylonian Period..................................... 47 Dahlia Shehata Status and Organization of the Babylonian Lamentation Priests.................................. 69 The Status of the "Head of the Hesu-Singers" (ỉmy-rȝ ḥsww) in Ancient Egypt, from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period.................................................................................................. 87 Vassilis Chrysikopoulos Nespaqashouty, Egyptian Musician of the Third Intermediate Period (binding ANE 3412)..................................................................................................... 125 Geneviève Pierrat-Bonnefois Musicians of Thebes..................................................................................... 139 Greece Annie Bélis Contracts and Commitments of Musicians and Artists Transmitted by Greek Papyri..................................................... 149 Laurent Capron Becoming a Professional Citharist. Status and working conditions of the student musician according to the case of Heracleotes.......................................................... 159 Richard Bouchon Musicians honored at Delphi. Outline of a cultural policy? (4th century BC – 3rd century AD).................................................................................... 171 Sylvain Perrot Women musicians at Delphi...................................................................................... 195 Rome Christophe Vendries Considerations on the status of the musician in ancient Rome. Criteria of social distinction and hierarchy.................................................................................................................. 213 Alexandre Vincent The aenatores, a category of musicians in the service of the city................................................. 239 Véronique Dasen Different artists? Dwarf Dancers and Musicians in the Hellenistic and Roman World................................................................................................................ 259 Ruth Webb Professional Musicians in Late Antiquity.............................................................................. 279 Conclusion Annie Caubet Conclusions and Prospective.............................................................................................. 299
The question of the status of the musician transcends chronological and cultural frameworks and requires a dual approach, anthropological and historical. This theme, which has never been the subject of a real study for Antiquity, is here approached through a transversal and comparative approach. The international round table held in Lyon in 2008 thus made it possible to question the figure of the musician in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman societies, from the 4th millennium BC to the very beginning of Christianity. Sometimes adulated, sometimes despised, the professional musician does not have a unequivocal role in ancient societies. This collective work aims to define its contours by addressing remuneration, honors, pageantry, training and know-how, but also the legal and social limits that sometimes affect the professional musician. Established according to the musical instrument, proximity to power, and the context of the musical performance, the hierarchy between musicians varies significantly across societies. The book thus highlights the marked differences between the protagonists, depending on whether they are men or women, free or slave, registered in a corporation or not. Contents Laure Pantalacci Preface ............................................................................................................................. ix Sibylle Emerit Foreword.................................................................................................................. xi Presentation..................................................................................................................... xiii Indicative Bibliography............................................................................................. xvii Abbreviations.......................................................................................................... xviii Transliteration System............................................................................................. xix Introduction Martine Clouzot Methodologies: The Status of the Musician in the Medieval West (13th-15th Century)........................................................... 1 Mesopotamia Dominique Collon The Social Status of Musicians Based on Their Depictions in Mesopotamian Art.................................................. 17 Regine Pruzsinszky The Social Positions of NAR-Musicians of the Ur III Period at the End of the IIIrd Millennium BC.......................................................................................................... 31 Nele Ziegler The Social Status of Musicians in the Paleo-Babylonian Period..................................... 47 Dahlia Shehata Status and Organization of the Babylonian Lamentation Priests.................................. 69 The Status of the "Head of the Hesu-Singers" (ỉmy-rȝ ḥsww) in Ancient Egypt, from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period.................................................................................................. 87 Vassilis Chrysikopoulos Nespaqashouty, Egyptian Musician of the Third Intermediate Period (binding ANE 3412)..................................................................................................... 125 Geneviève Pierrat-Bonnefois Musicians of Thebes..................................................................................... 139 Greece Annie Bélis Contracts and Commitments of Musicians and Artists Transmitted by Greek Papyri..................................................... 149 Laurent Capron Becoming a Professional Citharist. Status and working conditions of the student musician according to the case of Heracleotes.......................................................... 159 Richard Bouchon Musicians honored at Delphi. Outline of a cultural policy? (4th century BC – 3rd century AD).................................................................................... 171 Sylvain Perrot Women musicians at Delphi...................................................................................... 195 Rome Christophe Vendries Considerations on the status of the musician in ancient Rome. Criteria of social distinction and hierarchy.................................................................................................................. 213 Alexandre Vincent The aenatores, a category of musicians in the service of the city................................................. 239 Véronique Dasen Different artists? Dwarf Dancers and Musicians in the Hellenistic and Roman World................................................................................................................ 259 Ruth Webb Professional Musicians in Late Antiquity.............................................................................. 279 Conclusion Annie Caubet Conclusions and Prospective.............................................................................................. 299