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The Music of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

By John Walters on Friday, May 16, 2003.

Doug Irvine is a musician, composer and instrument builder who lives in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. His primary interest is the music of the Middle East and re-creating the sounds and instruments of its early civilizations. He's composed music for a museum exhibit of Egyptian artifacts and produced a CD called "Ambient Egypt." We meet Doug, and sample some of his compositions and talk about his travels.

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