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Cited by 718Musicology and Musical AnalysisClassical Antiquity StudiesDiverse Musicological Studies

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Ancient Greek Music

West, M L·1992
DOI 10.1093/oso/9780198148975.001.0001
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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, and authoritative 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. Besides being considered on its own terms, Greek music is here further illuminated by being seen in ethnological perspective, and a brief Epilogue sets it in its place in a border zone between Afro-Asiatic and European culture. The book will be of value both to classicists and historians of music.

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Authors
West, M. L.
Corresponding author
West, M L
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Published
1992-10-01
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780198148975.001.0001
OpenAlex
W2801349723
Cited by
718
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FWCI
42.80
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
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, Greek musical instruments, tempo, musical form, ancient music theory, musical notation, music transcription, ethnomusicology

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