Music in Ancient Greece and Rome

by Landels; John G

• ISBN13: 9780415248433
• ISBN10: 0415248434
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-01-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Music in Ancient Greece and Romeis 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.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vi
Preface	ix
Music in Greek life, poetry and drama	1	(23)
The aulos	24	(23)
Kithara and lyre	47	(22)
Other instruments	69	(17)
Scales, intervals and tuning	86	(24)
Music, words and rhythm	110	(20)
Music and acoustical science	130	(18)
Music and myth	148	(15)
The years between - Alexandria and southern Italy	163	(9)
The Roman musical experience	172	(34)
Notation and pitch	206	(12)
Some surviving scores	218	(46)
Appendix 1 Technical analysis of Greek intervals	264	(3)
Appendix 2 The construction of the water-organ (hydraulis)	267	(4)
Appendix 3 The Brauron aulos	271	(5)
Notes and suggested reading	276	(16)
Index	292