Is “Egyptian” music shown in movies etc. historically accurate in terms of instruments used? Like this one where the author claims to be “ancient” as well.
The Wikipedia article music of Egypt has a decent section on ancient music in the history portion.
But it’s important to remember that ancient Egyptian history is incredibly long and varied. It’s hard to pin down musical styles over thousands of years. The reality is that we don’t really know what the music sounded like, so educated guesses are the closest we can get. Notation would not be invented for thousands of years.
The instruments they used provide most of the insight that we have. Here’s a YouTube video of some people playing reconstructions of period instruments. This would just be a guess at the music, but it is at least informed by later tradition from around the region.
thousands of years
Every once in a while I’m reminded of how long “ancient Egypt” lasted and how little meaning that phrase really has and I need to sit down.
The person who uploaded your example also says they composed it so it’s not “ancient”, despite what the title says.
Egyptian Lover had a few hits back in the day
I think you may need to provide an example.
I’m pretty sure it’s all over the place - like a 1940’s Bob Hope/Lucille Ball comedy set in Egypt isn’t going to be accurate.
Depends on the studio, the movie, the budget, the people in charge being knowledgeable enough and the Egyptian music itself.
