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Ancient Greek Music
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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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- West, M. L.
- Corresponding author
- West, M L
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 1992-10-01
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- FWCI
- 42.80
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- book
- Language
- en
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- 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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