Music in ancient Greece and Rome / John G. Landels.

Author/creator Landels, John G.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Descriptionxii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism.

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 276-291) and index.
LCCN 98003051
ISBN0415167760 (hb)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML169 .L24 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold