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Selected Works Music

Enjoy a symphony of music portrayed in the artworks of the Museum’s collections. Instruments, balls and concerts accompany Apollo, Saint Cecile and Orpheus for our viewing pleasure, since there were no recordings at the time!

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Egyptian Antiquities

Pair of clappers

New Kingdom, 1550-1295 BC
Egyptian Antiquities

Angle harp

After the New Kingdom, 1069-332 BC
Egyptian Antiquities

The harpist's stele

Third Intermediate Period, 1069-664 BC
Egyptian Antiquities

Sistreum of Henuttawy, a chantress...

Twenty-First or Twenty-Second Dynasty, c. 1069-664 BC

Region of Thebes
Near Eastern Antiquities

Mosaic of a woman playing the harp

Sassanid period, 2nd century AD

Floor of the iwan, "palace" of...
Near Eastern Antiquities

Plaque with a harpist

Circa 2000 BC

Eshnunna (Mesopotamia)
Near Eastern Antiquities

Stele of music

Second dynasty of Lagash, reign of Gudea, c. 2120 BC

Tello (ancient Girsu)
Prints and Drawings

Luca Giordano (1634-1705)

St. Cecilia at the organ...

1650-60
Prints and Drawings

Mattia PRETI (Taverna, 1613-Valletta, 1699)

Musicians around a Table

Circa 1630-40
Prints and Drawings

Giuseppe CADES(Rome, 1750-99)

Orpheus Charming the Animals

1780