| Physical description |
1 online resource (xii, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Music in Greek life, poetry and drama -- The aulos -- Kithara and lyre -- Other instruments -- Scales, intervals and tuning -- Music, words and rhythm -- Music and acoustical science -- Music and myth -- The years between : Alexandria and southern Italy -- The Roman musical experience -- Notation and pitch -- Some surviving scores -- Appendix 1. Technical analysis of Greek intervals -- Appendix 2. The construction of the water-organ (hydraulis) -- Appendix 3. The Brauron aulos. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Music, Greek and Roman -- History and criticism.
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Music -- To 500 -- History and criticism.
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Electronic books. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN |
9780203042847 |
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0203042840 |
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9780415167765 (hb) |
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0415167760 (hb) |
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9786610338306 |
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6610338302 |
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9781134704873 (e-book ; PDF) |
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1134704879 |
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9781134704828 (e-book ; Mobi) |
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1134704828 |
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9781134704866 (e-book ; ePub) |
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1134704860 |
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0203042840 |
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0415167760 (hb) |
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0415248434 (Paper) |
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9780415248433 |
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