Music in ancient Greece and Rome / John G. Landels.
| Author/creator |
Landels, John G. (John Gray), 1926-2006 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 1999. |
| Description | xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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. |
| Abstract | This volume presents an introduction to the study of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Trajan. Chapters include: an exploration of the contexts in which music played a role, including genres of poetry regarded as musical by the ancient Greeks; a discussion of instruments, including the aulos, the kithara and the lyre; an analysis of scales, intervals and tuning, incorporating a discussion on the evidence for scales and the concepts of species and key; an examination of the principal types of rhythm used in the musical sections in various literary genres; an exploration of Greek theories of harmony and acoustics, from the famous Pythagorean discovery and an account of the De Audibilibus, commonly attributed to Aristotle. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-291) and index. |
| LCCN | 98003051 |
| ISBN | 0415167760 (hb) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML169 .L24 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |