Apollo's lyre Greek music and music theory in antiquity and the Middle Ages /

Apollo's lyre [electronic resource] : Greek music and music theory in antiquity and the Middle Ages / Thomas J. Mathiesen.

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"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.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ACLS)
Main Author: Mathiesen, Thomas J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©1999.
Series:Publications of the Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Music, Greek and Roman > History and criticism.
Music, Greek and Roman > History and criticism > Bibliography.
Music theory > History > To 500.
Music theory > History > 500-1400.
Music, Greek and Roman.
Music theory.
Bibliographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of 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.

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