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This flute from Tel Goren at En Gedi, 4 inches long and .67 inches wide (10 × 2 cm), is made from the hollowed shaft of an animal bone. The hole near the center was probably for blowing air across the…
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel (Tel Goren, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, End of 7th−Beginning of 6th Century BCE
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Large conch-type shells can be used to make music by blowing through closed lips into an opening cut at the narrow end of the shell. Because the spiral-shaped cavity of each shell is distinct, each…
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Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE
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This pair of bronze cymbals from a Canaanite stratum in Megiddo has a bronze loop set into the center of each cymbal for a finger. The Bible often refers to Israelites using cymbals that undoubtedly…
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Megiddo, Land of Israel (Tel Megiddo, Israel)
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Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE
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Eduard Magnus
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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1846
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
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Paris, French Empire (Paris, France)
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1859
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This advertisement for a performance at the Villa Colona in Berlin of the Vienna Men’s Chorus and Comedy Quartet, under the direction of Nathan Schwarz, depicts four men in traditional Hasidic costume…
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Artist Unknown
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1882
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Score of “Le Grand Pas” from the ballet Paquita, which premiered in Paris in 1846 and which, in adapted form, became a mainstay of classical ballet.
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Aloysius Minkus
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1881
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Eddie Cantor, Harry Ruby
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1918
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Jacques Offenbach
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
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1867
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Michael Joseph Guzikov
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Lyady, Russian Empire (Lyady, Belarus)
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1827