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Egyptian music has been an integral part of Egyptian culture
since ancient times. The ancient Egyptians credited the god
Thoth with the invention of music, which Osiris in turn used
as part of his effort to civilize the world. The earliest material
and representational evidence of Egyptian musical instruments
dates to the Predyanstic period, but the evidence is more securely
attested in the Old Kingdom when harps, flutes and double clarinets
were played. Percussion instruments, lyres and lutes were added
to orchestras by the Middle Kingdom. Cymbals frequently accompanied
music and dance, much as they still do in Egypt today. Egyptian
folk music, including the traditional Sufi zikr rituals, are
the closest contemporary music genre to ancient Egyptian music,
having preserved many of its features, rhythms and instruments.
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