Ancient Greek Music

West, M L

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Author
West, M L
Publish Date
11/19/1992
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
OXFORD
Number of Pages
440
ISBN-10
0198148976
ISBN-13
9780198148975
SKU
9780198148975

Description

Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature teems with musical allusions. 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 considered 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.