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3rd century BC: the Hydraulis, ancient Greek water-powered organ played by valves. [5] 1st century AD (at least): the Ptera and the Pteron, an ancient Roman organ similar in appearance to the portative organs [6] 2nd century: the Magrepha, ancient Hebrew organ of ten pipes played by a keyboard [7] [8] [9] 8th century: Pippin's organ of 757 ...
Hydraulis from the 1st century BC, oldest organ found to date, Museum of Dion, Greece [14] 4th century AD "Mosaic of the Female Musicians" from a Byzantine villa in Maryamin, Syria. [15] The organ is one of the oldest instruments still used in European classical music that has commonly been credited as having derived from Greece.
A well-known instance of an early positive or portable organ of the 4th century occurs on the obelisk erected to the memory of Theodosius I on his death in AD 395. Among the illuminated manuscripts of the British Museum there are many miniatures representing interesting varieties of the portable organ of the Middle Ages, including Add. MS. 29902 (fol. 6), Add. MS. 27695b (fol. 13), and Cotton ...
A massive pipe organ that underscored the drama and comedy of silent movies with live music in Detroit's ornate Hollywood Theatre nearly a century ago was dismantled into thousands of pieces and ...
Musicians with cornua and a water organ, detail from the Zliten mosaic, 2nd century CE. The water organ or hydraulic organ (Greek: ὕδραυλις) (early types are sometimes called hydraulos, hydraulus or hydraula) is a type of pipe organ blown by air, where the power source pushing the air is derived by water from a natural source (e.g. by a waterfall) or by a manual pump.
The work, while original in its own right, is heavily influenced by the work of Liszt. These two works are the most monumental compositions for the organ from the mid-19th century. Organ music in Germany at the end of the 19th century is dominated by the towering figure of Max Reger. Reger's works represent extreme Romanticism; extremely dense ...
The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era , epoch , or historical period . This century marked the height of Classical Greek civilization in all of its aspects.
Musicians in a detail from the Zliten mosaic (2nd century AD), originally shown as accompanying gladiator combat and wild-animal events in the arena: from left, the tuba, hydraulis (water pipe organ), and two cornua. Music was a popular form of entertainment in ancient Rome. [33] It was important to ancient Roman games.