Shofars, Trumpets, Cymbals and More: The Musical Instruments of the Bible
A musical historian provides a "show-and-tell" of various types of musical instruments mentioned in the Bible.
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Jeremy Montagu is a world-famous authority on musical instruments, author of books and innumerable articles on musical instruments, and President of the Galpin Society. He is also Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.
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Rafael V. Rabinovich
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
August 23, 2016
What is a גִּתִּית? What instrument is a גִּתִּית? At the beginning of Psalm 8: לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל הַגִּתִּ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד Reply
Anonymous
New York
April 3, 2018
in response to Rafael V. Rabinovich:
A stringed instrument of some sort, made in the city of גת. Reply
Ruth Fingerhut-Tamkin
Cleveland
December 26, 2012
Book Where can one purchase the book referred to? Reply
Would the instruments in the third temple be these again, or would they be modern options?