Ancient Greek Music Paperback / softback
by The late M. L. (formerly Professor of Greek at the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Lon West
Part of the Clarendon Paperbacks series
Paperback / softback
Description
Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature teems with musical allusions.
For most readers the subject has remained a closed book.
Here at last is a clear, comprehensive account that presupposes no special knowledge of music.
Topics covered include the place of music in Greek life; instruments; rhythm; tempo; modes and scales; melodic construction; form; ancient theory and notation; and historical development.
Thirty surviving examples of Greek music are presented in modern transcription with analysis, and the book is fully illustrated.
A brief Epilogue sets Greek music in the wider context in a border zone between Afro-Asiatic and European culture.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:424 pages, 16 pp halftones, figures, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/03/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198149750
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:424 pages, 16 pp halftones, figures, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/03/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198149750
