Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Scholar

William Chappell

fl. 1882–1884 · United Kingdom

Music historian, active 1882–1884.

Life and work

  1. 1884
    Supplied notes, printed in Salaminia (2nd ed.), on the Greek bronze flute (pipe, about twenty inches long, with rings to stop holes) found by A. P. di Cesnola in Cyprus: an exact brass copy had been made by R. Carte and his son Henry Carte, reproducing a scale of thirteen notes (C to G); compared with the ivory flutes from Pompeii in Naples; explained the metal rings as stopping devices.

    Cesnola 1884

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Scholarship

Objects

  • Bronze flute/pipe with sliding rings, found by A. P. di Cesnola in Cyprus (fig. 67)

    1884Cesnola 1884

Sources

  1. 1.Alexander Palma di Cesnola (1884). Salaminia (Cyprus): The History, Treasures, and Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus. London, Whiting and Company.