Music in Ancient Greece and Rome

John G Landels (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2000
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-24843-3 (ISBN)

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Music in Ancient Greece and Rome presents a comprehensive introduction to the study of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Trahan, presented in concise and user-friendly chapters, with suggestions for further reading.

Music in Ancient Greece and Rome provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Hadrian, presented in a concise and user-friendly way. Chapters include:
* contexts in which music played a role
* a detailed discussion of instruments
* an analysis of scales, intervals and tuning
* the principal types of rhythm used
* and an exploration of Greek theories of harmony and acoustics.
Music in Ancient Greece and Rome also contains numerous musical examples, with illustrations of ancient instruments and the methods of playing them.

John G Landels

Preface 1 Music in Greek life, poetry and drama 2(a) The aulos 2(b) Kithara and lyre 2(c) Other instruments 3 Scales, intervals and tuning 4 Music, words and rhythm 5 Music and acoustical science 6 Music and myth 7 The years between - Alexandria and southern Italy 8 The Roman musical experience 9 Notation and pitch 10 Some surviving scores Appendix 1 Technical analysis of Greek intervals Appendix 2 The construction of the water-organ (hydraulis) Appendix 3 The Brauron aulos

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.12.2000
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	0-415-24843-4 / 0415248434
ISBN-13	978-0-415-24843-3 / 9780415248433
Zustand	Neuware