Ancient Greek Music

by: West, M.L.

Price: 109,00 EURO

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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. 

1. Music in Greek Life --
2. The Voice --
3. Stringed Instruments --
4. Wind and Percussion --
5. Rhythm and Tempo --
6. Scales and Modes --
7. Melody and Form --
8. Theory --
9. Notation and Pitch --
10. The Musical Documents --
11. Historical Synthesis: 1. Sunrise and Forenoon --
12. Historical Synthesis: 2. High Noon and Afternoon --
Epilogue: Greece between Europe and Asia

Ancient Greek Music

by: West, M.L.

• ISBN-13: 9780198149750 / 978-0-19-814975-0
• ISBN-03: 0198149751 / 0-19-814975-1
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005

Price: 109,00 EURO

1 copy in stock