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Ancient Greek Music : A New Technical History by Stefan Hagel (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101316610896
ISBN-139781316610893
eBay Product ID (ePID)229082404

Product Key Features

Number of Pages506 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAncient Greek Music : a New Technical History
Publication Year2016
SubjectHistory & Criticism, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorStefan Hagel
Subject AreaMusic, History
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight26.1 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
Reviews'This is a stunning achievement, and when scholars have had time to absorb its contents the study of Greek music and musical theory will never be the same again ... Its innovative, complex and multi-faceted methodology may be beyond what most others can hope to emulate at this level of sophistication, but once they have seen it in action no one will have any excuse for neglecting its potential, and we shall all have to absorb from it what lessons we can. In short, I believe that Hagel's book will revolutionise the discipline.' Andrew Barker, University of Birmingham
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal780.938
Table Of ContentPreface; 1. The evolution of ancient Greek musical notation; 2. Notation, instruments and the voice; 3. Notation in the handbooks; 4. Strings and notes; 5. Fine tuning; 6. Going beyond Ptolemy?; 7. Assisted resonance; 8. The extant musical documents; 9. Aulos types and pitches; 10. Before Aristoxenus; 11. Synthesis; Bibliography; Indices.
SynopsisThis book endeavours to pinpoint the relations between musical, and especially instrumental, practice and the evolving conceptions of pitch systems. It traces the development of ancient melodic notation from reconstructed origins, through various adaptations necessitated by changing musical styles and newly invented instruments, to its final canonical form. It thus emerges how closely ancient harmonic theory depended on the culturally dominant instruments, the lyre and the aulos. These threads are followed down to late antiquity, when details recorded by Ptolemy permit an exceptionally clear view. Dr Hagel discusses the textual and pictorial evidence, introducing mathematical approaches wherever feasible, but also contributes to the interpretation of instruments in the archaeological record and occasionally is able to outline the general features of instruments not directly attested. The book will be indispensable to all those interested in Greek music, technology and performance culture and the general history of musicology., This book offers a fundamental reworking of the history of Greek music from the classical period to Roman times. It explains anew the development of ancient melodic notation, embedding it in a context of professional music-making, in a musical culture determined mainly by the dominant instruments, the lyre and the aulos.
LC Classification NumberML254.2
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