Music At Social Meals In Greek And Roman Antiquity

Author : Charles H. Cosgrove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Greece
ISBN : 1009161059

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Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity by Charles H. Cosgrove Pdf

This is a captivating story of music-making at social recreations from Homeric times to the age of Augustine. It tells about the music itself and its purposes, as well as the ways in which people talked about it, telling anecdotes, picturing musical scenes, sometimes debating what kind of music was right at a party or a festival. In straightforward and engaging prose, the author covers a remarkably broad history, providing the big picture yet with vivid and nuanced descriptions of concrete practices and events. We hear of music at aristocratic parties, club music, people's music-making at festivals, political uses of music at the court of Alexander the Great and in the public banquets of Roman emperors in the Colosseum, opinions of music-making at social meals from Plato to Clement of Alexandria, and much more, making the book a treasure-trove of information and a fascinating journey through ancient times and places.

Author : Charles H. Cosgrove
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009161046

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Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity by Charles H. Cosgrove Pdf

Comprehensive history of one of the greatest pleasures of ancient life, recreational music, and the various purposes it served.

Author : Tosca A. C. Lynch,Eleonora Rocconi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119275497

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A Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music by Tosca A. C. Lynch,Eleonora Rocconi Pdf

"This chapter provides an overview of the Muses in Greek mythology and argues that their multiplicity, their indefinite number, their lack of fixed personalities and their metapoetic status make them highly unusual members of the Olympian pantheon. As the embodiment of music and the means by which music is channelled to human beings they are essential to our understanding of the meaning of mousikē in Greek culture. Above all their origins in an oral society foregrounds the performative nature of music which has characterised it as an art form throughout the ages"--

Author : Agnès Garcia Ventura,Claudia Tavolieri,Lorenzo Verderame
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527521162

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The Study of Musical Performance in Antiquity by Agnès Garcia Ventura,Claudia Tavolieri,Lorenzo Verderame Pdf

This collection of eleven essays provides the reader with some valuable insights into the richness of sources dealing with music and musical performance scattered over 3000 years and covering a wide range of geographies, from Syria to Iberia, through Greece and Rome. The volume, then, offers a series of examinations of literary data and materials from different areas of the Classical World and the Near East in ancient times and in late Antiquity, examined both synchronically and diachronically, in some cases in dialogue with one another. This broad treatment makes this collection of interest to historians, archaeologists, philologists and musicians, providing them with a multi-faceted volume which guides them towards a fuller understanding of ancient societies and which heightens the awareness of the importance of music as a transversal phenomenon.

Author : Katerina Levidou,Katy Romanou,George Vlastos
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781443896566

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Musical Receptions of Greek Antiquity by Katerina Levidou,Katy Romanou,George Vlastos Pdf

Musical Receptions of Greek Antiquity: From the Romantic Era to Modernism is a rich contribution to a topic of increasing scholarly interest, namely, the impact of Greek antiquity on modern culture, with a particular focus on music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This collection of essays offers a more comprehensive interdisciplinary examination of music’s interaction with Greek antiquity since the nineteenth century than has been attempted so far, analysing its connotations and repercussions. The volume sheds light on a number of hitherto underexplored case studies, and revisits and reassesses some well-known instances. Through scrutiny of a wide range of cases that extend from the Romantic era to experimentations of the second half of the twentieth century, the collection illuminates how the engagement with and interpretation of elements of ancient Greek culture in and through music reflect the specific historical, cultural and social contexts in which they took place. In analysing the multiple ways in which Greek antiquity inspired Western art music since the nineteenth century, the volume takes advantage of current interdisciplinary developments in musicology, as well as research on reception across various fields, including musicology, Slavic studies, modern Greek studies, Classics, and film studies. By encompassing a wide variety of case studies on repertories at the margins of the Western European art music tradition, while not excluding some central European ones, this volume broadens the focus of an increasingly rich field of research in significant ways.

Author : Spencer Klavan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350119970

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Music in Ancient Greece by Spencer Klavan Pdf

Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces for cultural conversation and even leading Plato to recommend that certain forms of music be banned from his ideal society. And the music didn't stop when the audience left the theatre: melody and rhythm were woven into the whole fabric of daily existence for the Greeks. Vocal and instrumental songs were part of religious rituals, dramatic performances, dinner parties, and even military campaigns. Like Detroit in the 1960s or Vienna in the 18th century, Athens in the 400s BC was the hotspot where celebrated artists collaborated and diverse strands of musical tradition converged. The conversations and innovations that unfolded there would lay the groundwork for musical theory and practice in Greece and Rome for centuries to come. In this perfectly pitched introduction, Spencer Klavan explores Greek music's origins, forms, and place in society. In recent years, state-of-the-art research and digital technology have enabled us to decipher and understand Greek music with unprecedented precision. Yet many readers today cannot access the resources that would enable them to grapple with this richly rewarding subject. Arcane technical details and obscure jargon veil the subject - it is rarely known, for instance, that authentic melodies still survive from antiquity, helping us to imagine the vivid soundscapes of the Classical and Hellenistic eras. Music in Ancient Greece distills the latest discoveries into vivid prose so readers can come to grips with the basics as never before. With the tools in this book, beginners and specialists alike will learn to hear the ancient world afresh and come away with a new, musical perspective on their favourite classical texts.

Author : Joan Goodnick Westenholz,Yossi Maurey,Edwin Seroussi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783110340297

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Music in Antiquity by Joan Goodnick Westenholz,Yossi Maurey,Edwin Seroussi Pdf

Author : Alfred Sendrey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Music
ISBN : IND:39000005920389

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Music in the Social and Religious Life of Antiquity by Alfred Sendrey Pdf

Author : Spencer A. Klavan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 135011992X

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Music in Ancient Greece by Spencer A. Klavan Pdf

Life in ancient Greece was musical life and in this perfectly pitched introduction, Spencer Klavan explores its origins, forms, and place in society. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces for cultural conversation and even leading Plato to recommend that certain forms of music be banned from his ideal society. And the music didn't stop when the audience left the theatre: melody and rhythm were woven into the whole fabric of daily existence for the Greeks. Vocal and instrumental songs were part of religious rituals, dramatic performances, dinner parties, and even military campaigns. Like Detroit in the 1960s or Vienna in the 18th century, Athens in the 400s BC was the hotspot where celebrated artists collaborated and diverse strands of musical tradition converged. The conversations and innovations that unfolded there would lay the groundwork for musical theory and practice in Greece and Rome for centuries to come. In recent years, state-of-the-art research and digital technology have enabled us to decipher and understand Greek music with unprecedented precision. Yet many readers today cannot access the resources that would enable them to grapple with this richly rewarding subject. Arcane technical details and obscure jargon veil the subject - it is rarely known, for instance, that authentic melodies still survive from antiquity, helping us to imagine the vivid soundscapes of the Classical and Hellenistic eras. Music in Ancient Greece distills the latest discoveries into vivid prose so readers can come to grips with the basics as never before. With the tools in this book, beginners and specialists alike will learn to hear the ancient world afresh and come away with a new, musical perspective on their favourite classical texts.

Author : John G Landels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134704866

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Music in Ancient Greece and Rome by John G Landels Pdf

Music in Ancient Greece and Rome provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Hadrian, presented in a concise and user-friendly way. Chapters include: * contexts in which music played a role * a detailed discussion of instruments * an analysis of scales, intervals and tuning * the principal types of rhythm used * and an exploration of Greek theories of harmony and acoustics. Music in Ancient Greece and Rome also contains numerous musical examples, with illustrations of ancient instruments and the methods of playing them.

Author : David Binning Monro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Music
ISBN : HARVARD:ML1CPE

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The Modes of Ancient Greek Music by David Binning Monro Pdf

Author : Lauren Curtis,Naomi Weiss
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781108831666

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Music and Memory in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds by Lauren Curtis,Naomi Weiss Pdf

Combines multiple theoretical perspectives and diverse media to examine the relation between music and memory in ancient Greece and Rome.

Author : Eleonora Rocconi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350193833

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Music by Eleonora Rocconi Pdf

This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike-in all its facets-in the development of musical practices and ideas throughout history. Since antiquity, music has consistently played a significant role in social and cultural life, and although the terms in which it is expressed and the cultural meanings it conveys vary dramatically across different times and geographies, the influence of the ancient Greek concept on modern Western notions is nevertheless striking. In a series of lucid and engaging thematic chapters, Eleonora Rocconi surveys the roles and functions of music from classical antiquity, through the Renaissance and early modern eras, and up to the present day. The discussion is structured around the key concepts, theoretical models, and aesthetic issues at play - from the educational and therapeutic value of music to its place in the ideal of cosmic harmony and its relationship to the senses and emotions - as well as the function of music in debates around individual and cultural identity. What emerges is a timely reassessment of the paradigmatic value of the Greek model in the musical reception of antiquity in different historical periods. It highlights the ongoing contribution of mousike to modern cultural debates within the realms of classics, musicology, philosophy, aesthetics, anthropology, performance, and cultural studies, as well as in artistic environments, and offers a clear and comprehensive account of its inexhaustible source of inspiration for musicians, theorists, scholars, and antiquarians across the centuries.

Author : M. L. West
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1992-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0191586854

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Ancient Greek Music by M. L. West Pdf

Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature teems with musical allusions. For most readers the subject has remained a closed book. 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 seen 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. - ;The only available study in English of Ancient Greek music -

Author : R. P. Winnington-Ingram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107480261

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Mode in Ancient Greek Music by R. P. Winnington-Ingram Pdf

Originally published in 1936, this book presents a discussion regarding the modality of ancient Greek music, using literary evidence supplemented by surviving melodies. Detailed notes are incorporated throughout, together with indexes of proper names, terms and passages. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient Greece and the history of music.