what were the musical instruments used during this period?
Lyra, organ, aulos, oud etc.
Byzantine Empire
The 9th century Persian geographer Ibn Khordadbeh (d. 911); in his lexicographical discussion of instruments cited the lyra (lūrā) as the typical instrument of the Byzantines along with the "urghun" (organ), "shilyani" (probably a type of harp or lyre) and the "salandj" (probably a bagpipe). The first of these, the early bowed stringed instrument known as the Byzantine lyra, would come to be called the "lira da braccio", in Venice, where it is considered by many to have been the predecessor of the contemporary violin, which later flourished there. The bowed "lyra" is still played in former Byzantine regions, where it is known as the Politiki lyra (, i.e. Constantinople) in Greece, the Calabrian lira in Southern Italy, and the Lijerica in Dalmatia. The second instrument, the organ, originated in the Hellenistic world (see Hydraulis) and was used in the Hippodrome during races. A pipe organ with "great leaden pipes" was sent by the emperor Constantine V to Pepin the Short, King of the Fr
which region was part of the eastern roman empire The extent fluctuated, but at its peak, it stretched from Byzantium up to Syria and Italy and North Africa, how would you define this type of empire? Romano-Hellenistic who are some of the rulers during this period? Justinian I, Constantine, Julian, Theodosius I to name a few what languages were spoken in the eastern region during this period? Primarily Greek, but Latin was introduced later what was this period's contribution in the fields of science and medicine? In the field of engineering Isidore of Miletus, the Greek mathematician and architect of the Hagia Sophia, produced the first compilation of Archimedes' works; Pendentive architecture, a specific spherical form in the upper corners to support a dome, is a Byzantine invention; A mechanical sundial device using the Antikythera mechanism was reactivated
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Byzantine Empire [SEP] Music
The ecclesiastical forms of Byzantine music, composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or church music, are, today, the most well-known forms. Ecclesiastical chants were a fundamental part of this genre. Greek and foreign historians agree that the ecclesiastical tones and in general the whole system of Byzantine music is closely related to the ancient Greek system. It remains the oldest genre of extant music, of which the manner of performance and (with increasing accuracy from the 5th century onwards) the names of the composers, and sometimes the particulars of each musical work's circumstances, are known. The 9th century Persian geographer Ibn Khordadbeh (d.