Roman Music Research Paper

Roman Music was popular among the people, but the Roman Nobility thought all music or musicians were rather vulgar. Music was played in the theater and at private parties. It accompanied many religious ceremonies, with other public events like gladiatorial shows.
There are many types of Roman musical instruments. Some of the most popular ones are the water organ, sistrum, cithera, panpipes, double flute, reed pipe, and the lyre. A Greek invented the water organ in the 3rd century B.C. It used a pump to force water into a closed chamber, thus compressing the air inside. A system of hand operated valves then released bursts of this compressed air into a set of musical pipes producing notes or chords like a modern organ. The sistrum was a sacred