John G Landels

Music in Ancient Greece and Rome

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Music in Ancient Greece and Rome" is a comprehensive introduction to the study of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Trajan. John G. Landels offers the first scholarly overview of the practical and performance elements of music, rather than the moral and aesthetic discussion typified by the works of Plato. Illustrated with transcriptions of surviving musical scores, diagrams and line-drawings of instruments and performers, the book explores the contexts in which music played a role, such as mythology and poetry. Detailed discussion is also given to the instruments, including the aulos, the kithara and the lyre, as well as the ingenious notation system devised by the Greeks which enables us to read the few surviving scores.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9780415167765
• ISBN-10: 0415167760
• Artikelnr.: 21478126

Autorenporträt

John G Landels

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 Music in Greek life, poetry and drama 2(a) The aulos 2(b) Kithara
and lyre 2(c) Other instruments 3 Scales, intervals and tuning 4 Music,
words and rhythm 5 Music and acoustical science 6 Music and myth 7 The
years between - Alexandria and southern Italy 8 The Roman musical
experience 9 Notation and pitch 10 Some surviving scores Appendix 1
Technical analysis of Greek intervals Appendix 2 The construction of the
water-organ (hydraulis) Appendix 3 The Brauron aulos

Rezensionen

'A well-illustrated and comprehensive introduction to ancient music from Homeric times to the emperor Hadrian ... we recommend it highly as a book that is both scholarly and approachable, and of value to everyone with an interest in the subject, scholars, students and the general reader.' - Classical Association News

'John Landels has produced a lively and illuminating survey of what we know ... his book can be recommended to any musical person wishing to imagine for himself the sound, the atmosphere and the meaning of ancient song and dance.' - Roger Scruton, The Times

'The clarity of Landels' writing, even on complex matters, is a real virtue.' - The Classical Review

Landel's monography succeeds very well in making a highly technical subject accessible to a wide variety of audiences ... there will be few who do not learn a good eal ... from its detailed account fo ancient instruments, musical notation, and the intricacies of the tetrachord.' - Mouseion