Etruscans Now 
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Bo Lawergren - Hunter College of the City University of New York
Etruscan musical culture and its wider Greek and Italian context
Relying on iconographic material, the paper evaluates Etruscan musical instruments and their musical context. The images allow detailed systematics and reconstructions. Although Etruscan usage has much in common with Greek musical culture, there are significant differences. Other comparative material derives from musical depictions on Lucanian tomb walls and South Italian vases. Again, these are quite different from Etruscan ones. Extant lyre bodies from Magna Graeca also shed light on the wider Italic setting. Within it, the Etruscan instruments display the broadest range of forms and the musical culture the largest diversification.