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Ancient Greek Music

Categorie	Muziekgeschiedenis
Boeknummer	#416633-XZ18
Titel	Ancient Greek Music
Auteur	West, M.L.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Oxford University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1994
ISBN10	0198149751
ISBN13	9780198149750
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	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 a... (Lees verder)nd historians of music.
Pagina's	410
Conditie	Goed — Covers show light shelfwear to edges and corners, otherwise fine.
Prijs	€ 95,00

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