Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Hindu Instruments.
Fig. 15.—Tabla—drum.
Fig. 16.—Kinnari—Vina, a stringed instrument.
Fig. 17.
Sitar (Strings) Trumpet.
Fig. 18.
Hindu Instruments.
Childhood of Music
CHAPTER VII
What Church Music Imported from Greece
During the centuries when the Eastern nations were powerful the European continent was inhabited by primitive men, who had gradually formed tribes. They had rude songs, dances, and crude instruments. They used their music in religious ceremonies, to celebrate war victories and successful hunting expeditions, to sing to their sweethearts, and to accompany their work in the fields and homes, much as the American Indian did. Many manners and customs of the Anglo-Saxon (English), Teutonic (German), Norse (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian), Celtic (Irish) and Gallic (French) races may be traced back to these barbaric days, and even the beginning of national schools of music may be found.
Although a thousand years passed between the Greek musical era and the “Golden Age” of Christian Church music, much that happened in that time is hidden in darkness. The nations and tribes were fighting for existence and were developing into the nations which we know today.