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Ancient Greek Music: A New Technical History

Hagel, Stefan·2009·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511691591
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This book endeavours to pinpoint the relations between musical, and especially instrumental, practice and the evolving conceptions of pitch systems. It traces the development of ancient melodic notation from reconstructed origins, through various adaptations necessitated by changing musical styles and newly invented instruments, to its final canonical form. It thus emerges how closely ancient harmonic theory depended on the culturally dominant instruments, the lyre and the aulos. These threads are followed down to late antiquity, when details recorded by Ptolemy permit an exceptionally clear view. Dr Hagel discusses the textual and pictorial evidence, introducing mathematical approaches wherever feasible, but also contributes to the interpretation of instruments in the archaeological record and occasionally is able to outline the general features of instruments not directly attested. The book will be indispensable to all those interested in Greek music, technology and performance culture and the general history of musicology.

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Authors
Hagel, S.
Affiliations
Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)
Corresponding author
Hagel, Stefan
ORCID
Hagel, Stefan
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2009-12-17
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511691591
OpenAlex
W4249667014
Cited by
100
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0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
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5.52
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 137 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Musicology and Musical Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Classical Antiquity Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Diverse Musicological Studies
Keywords
ancient Greek music, pitch system, harmonic theory, lyre, aulos, Ptolemy, musical instruments, performance practice, late antiquity, history of musicology

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