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5chapter fiveMUSICEdward BleibergIMPORTANT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154TOPICSMusical Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Musical Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Work Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160Male and Female Musicians in the OldKingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164A Musical Bureau in the Old Kingdom . . . . . . . . 165Banquet Music during the New Kingdom . . . . . . 166The Office of Chantress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168The Social Status of Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Musical Deities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Music During the Reigns of Akhenatenand Nefertiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172The Blind Solo Harpist and His Song . . . . . . . . . 174Erotic Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178SIGNIFICANT PEOPLEAmenemhab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Iti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Neferhotep, Son of Henu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179DOCUMENTARY SOURCES . . . . . . . . . 180SIDEBARS AND PRIMARYDOCUMENTSPrimary sources are listed in italicsEgyptian Musical Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Playing Tutankhamun’s Trumpets . . . . . . . . . . . 159The Story Behind the Song (excerpt fromThe Story of Two Brothers upon whicha popular song was based) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Songs from Paheri’s Tomb (songs foundcopied in separate geographical locationsin Upper Egypt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Sinuhe Welcomed Home with Music(conclusion to The Story of Sinuhe) . . . . . . . . 169Apuleius of Madaurus: A Roman View ofEgyptian Music (excerpt from the novelMetamorphoses concerning the role ofmusic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171The Hymn to the Aten (praising Aten withcredit for all creation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Harpist Songs (harpists’ songs commentingon the afterlife). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177The Song from the Tomb of King Intef (songurging people to enjoy life on Earth). . . . . . . 178151