| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 806 pages) : illustrations, 3 maps |
| Series |
Publications of the Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature ; v. 2 |
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Publications of the Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
I. Introduction -- II. Musical Life in Ancient Greece. Music and Melos. Types of Music and Their Function. Music for the Gods. Music in the Theatre. Music for the Mortals -- III. Musical Instruments. Idiophones and Membranophones. Krotala. Kroupezai or Kroupala. Kumbala or Krembala. Seistron and Rhombos. Rhoptron and Tumpana. Aerophones. Aulos. Syrinx. Hydraulis. Salpinx and Horn. Chordophones. Origin, History, and Types. Lyres. Psalteria -- IV. Music Theory I: The Sources, Aristoxenus, and the Sectio canonis. Overview of the Sources. Aristoxenus. Harmonica. The Sectio Canonis -- V. Music Theory II: The Revival. Plutarch. Cleonides. Nicomachus of Gerasa. Theon of Smyrna. Claudius Ptolemy -- VI. Music Theory III: Late Antiquity. Gaudentius. Porphyrius. Aristides Quintilianus. Bacchius. Alypius -- VII. The Tradition in the Middle Ages |
| Summary |
"Apollo's Lyre is aimed principally at the reader interested in the musical typologies, the musical instruments, and especially the historical development of music theory and its transmission through the Middle Ages."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
The bibliography (pages 669-783), intended to be comprehensive for the field, updates and expands: A bibliography of sources for the study of ancient Greek music / Thomas J. Mathiesen. Hackensack, N.J.: J. Boonin, 1974 |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Music, Greek and Roman -- History and criticism
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Music, Greek and Roman -- History and criticism -- Bibliography
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Music theory -- History -- To 500.
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Music theory -- History -- 500-1400.
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Music, Greek and Roman
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Music theory
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Muziektheorie.
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Muziekinstrumenten.
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Griekse oudheid.
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Middeleeuwen.
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Musique -- Grèce -- Antiquité -- Histoire et critique.
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Théorie musicale -- Antiquité.
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Théorie musicale -- Moyen âge.
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0803230796 |
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9780803230798 |
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