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 Music in Ancient Persia | | Persian traditional music (also known as Iranian traditional music, Musiqi-e Sonati-e
Irani, also Persian classical music or Iranian classical music, Musiqi-e Assil-e Irani,
Khonya-ye Bastani Irani) is the traditional and indigenous music of Iran and Persian-
speaking countries. | | Music of Ancient Mesopotamia | | Instruments of Ancient Mesopotamia include harps, lyres, lutes, reed pipes and drums.
Many of these are shared with neighbouring cultures. Contemporary East African lyres
and West African lutes preserve many features of Mesopotamian instruments | | Music in ancient India | | Musical instruments, such as the seven-holed flute and various types of stringed
instruments have been recovered from the Indus valley civilization archaeological sites.
The Samaveda consists of a collection (samhita) of hymns, portions of hymns, and
detached verses, all but 75 taken from the Rigveda, to be sung, using specifically
indicated melodies called Samagana, by Udgatar priests at sacrifices in which the juice of
the Soma plant, clarified and mixed with milk and other ingredients, is offered in libation
to various deities | |
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