Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1903, Vol. 24

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Excerpt from Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1903, Vol. 24: Second-HalfIn fact, questions relating to' ancient Asiatic music have Seemed, from the eighteenth century until to-day, most interest ing, in spite of our imperfect knowledge and the want of any direct information, for the Asiatic civilisations did not bequeath to us, as did Greek antiquity, either authentic documents or musical fragments, or any theoretical treatises, from Which we could know the principles of their art. The best inductions only rest upon the hypotheses Of the writers, and we seek in vain to determine the character of the ancient music of the Hebrews, and to know What were those regular and harmoni ously cadenced songs, those Simple and grave melodies, Which, as Clement says, the old psalmists applied to their verses.On the other hand, considering how lively are the traditions amongst the oriental nations, we are led to think that the Jewish, Syrian on Chaldean music of to-day Offers perhaps the only field in Which such research could be successfully made.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.