| When viewing the wall paintings and sculptures of | | | | between the mystical and the scientific. Judging by |
| the Egyptians, we are presented with another | | | | the size of the instruments depicted on the |
| glimpse into early musical history. In Egyptian | | | | monuments of ancient Egypt, their music must |
| history, we find music at a similar level of | | | | have been of a deep and sombre cast than that |
| development to that of the Assyrians, technically, | | | | of the Assyrians. |
| that is, but also having a grander spirit. | | | | Many of the Egyptian harps were twice as large |
| The Egyptians regarded music as of sacred origin; | | | | as the largest of those of the Assyrians. An flute |
| they employed it largely instrumental music, for | | | | type of instrument, about four feet long. This is in |
| the most part in the services of their religion, and, | | | | the illustrations of the obelisks, temples, and |
| together with astronomy, regarded it in a vaguely | | | | tombs of Egypt. |
| philosophic way, fluctuating in their conceptions, | | | | |