Routledge Handbook of Music and Dance Performances in the Ancient Mediterranean

Angela Bellia is Professor of Musicology and Music History at the University of Palermo. Currently, she is the Principal Investigator of the research project “Voicing Spaces,” supported by an Advanced Grant from the Italian Science Fund (FIS).Clemente Marconi is James R. McCredie Professor of Greek Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Milan.

• 1. Interpreting Music and Dance in the Ancient Mediterranean through Material CultureAngela Bellia and Clemente MarconiPART I: The Religious Sphere2. Music and Dance Performances in Ancient Egyptian TemplesHeidi Köpp-Junk3. Location of Tableaux with Dance and Music Scenes in Egyptian Temple Architecture: Meaning and Significance? Batyah Schachter4. Music in Early MesopotamiaLorenzo Verderame5. Musical in Festivals, Sacrifices, and Processions in Third- and Second- Millennium Mesopotamia: Insights from Three Remarkable DepictionsDaniel Sánchez Muñoz6. Phoenician-Punic Musical and Dance Performances: Instruments, Contexts, and SignificanceMeritxell Ferrer and Mireia López-Bertran7. Choral Dancing on Archaic Greek Sacred ArchitectureClemente Marconi8. Sacred Sounds and Ritual Movements in Greek Sacred SpacesTyler Jo Smith9. Instruments and Sound Tools in Sacred Contexts of the Ancient Greek WorldSylvain Perrot10. Musical and Dance Performances among Iberian and Celtiberian CommunitiesRaquel Jaménez Pasalodos11. Performances in Oriental Cults in Rome: Instruments and Sound Tools in ContextArnaud Saura-ZiegelmeyerPART II: The Sphere of Everyday Life12. The Sound of Work: An Ancient Near Eastern PerspectiveAgnès Garcia-Ventura and Mireia López-Bertran13. Musical and Choral Performances in the Human Cycle of Life: Infancy and Childhood, Wedding and Marriage, and Death in the Ancient Greek WorldAngela Bellia14. Sounds, Songs, and Ritualized Movements in Work, Hunting, and Travel Activities in the Ancient Greek WorldFàbio Vergara Cerqueira15. Musical and Choral Performances in Greek Theater Spaces and ContextsLuigi Todisco16. Musical and Dance Performances at the Banquet in EtruriaAlessandro Naso17. Musical and Choral Performances in Banqueting Halls in the Roman WorldClaudina Romero MayorgaPART III: The Funerary Sphere18. Dancing with the Dead: Music and Performance in Ancient Near Eastern FuneralsNicola Laneri19. Musical Iconographies on Funerary Attic VasesElvia Giudice20. Musical and Dance Performances in the Funerary Spaces in Magna GraeciaFabien Bièvre-Perrin21. Voice and Body, Emotion and Motion: Music and Dance at Roman FuneralsValerie M. HopePART IV: Beyond the Ancient Mediterranean22. Music and Dance Performance and Material Culture: A Global PerspectiveLars-Christian Koch