Music in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Author: Landels, John G.
John Landels has produced a lively and illuminating survey of what we know ... his book can be recommended to any musical person wishing to imagine for himself the sound, the atmosphere and... — More…
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Contents
- Preface 1 Music in Greek life, poetry and drama 2(a) The aulos 2(b) Kithara and lyre 2(c) Other instruments 3 Scales, intervals and tuning 4 Music, words and rhythm 5 Music and acoustical science 6 Music and myth 7 The years between - Alexandria and south
- Appendix 1 Technical analysis of Greek intervals
- Appendix 2 The construction of the water-organ (hydraulis)
- Appendix 3 The Brauron aulos