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Ancient Greek Music
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Ancient Greek Music Hardcover - 1992

by West, M. L


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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.

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  • Title Ancient Greek Music
  • Author West, M. L
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford
  • Date 1992
  • ISBN 9780198148975
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Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0198148976 . Very minor shelfwear to book (slightly rounded corners). DJ has a few small tears and chipping; 1.06 x 8.52 x 5.48 Inches; 440 pages; Background Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature teems with musical allusions. For most readers the subject has remained a closed book. Now in Paperback Here at last is a paperback edition of this 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. .
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