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 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. A brief Epilogue sets Greek music in the wider context in a border zone between Afro-Asiatic and European culture.
| ISBN: | 9780198149750 |
| Publication date: | 3rd March 1994 |
| Author: | The late M L formerly Professor of Greek at the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London, and Senior Research Fe West |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 424 pages |
| Series: | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Art music, orchestral and formal music |