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A Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music
Tosca A. C. Lynch (Edited by), T Lynch (Author), Eleonora Rocconi (Edited by)
9781119275473, Wiley
Hardback, published 16 July 2020
544 pages
1 x 1 x 1 cm, 0.454 kg
“The Companion’s editors, Tosca A.C. Lynch and Eleonora Rocconi, have compiled attentive, comprehensive, and insightful introductions to the many sub-fields of the study of Greek and Roman music, resulting in this volume’s commendable utility for non-specialists and specialists alike. The editors are further to be applauded for soliciting contributions from both established and emerging scholars and for including representation from a wide array of universities and nationalities, thus fostering a true sense of the breadth of research trends in the discipline on both sides of the Atlantic.” -- Rebecca Sears, Washington University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, BMCR 2021.07.07 “At the end of their introduction, the editors write: ‘We hope that the interplay of many voices and approaches will allow readers to gain an inclusive and “polyphonic” understanding of the culture of mousikç in Greek and Roman antiquity.’ The brio with which they have orchestrated this towering composition deserves a standing ovation.” -- David Stuttard, Classics for All, July 2021
A COMPANION TO ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN MUSIC A comprehensive guide to music in Classical Antiquity and beyond Drawing on the latest research on the topic, A Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music provides a detailed overview of the most important issues raised by the study of ancient Greek and Roman music. An international panel of contributors, including leading experts as well as emerging voices in the field, examine the ancient ‘Art of the Muses’ from a wide range of methodological, theoretical, and practical perspectives. Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book explores the pervasive presence of the performing arts in ancient Greek and Roman culture—ranging from musical mythology to music theory and education, as well as archaeology and the practicalities of performances in private and public contexts. But this Companion also explores the broader roles played by music in the Graeco-Roman world, examining philosophical, psychological, medical and political uses of music in antiquity, and aspects of its cultural heritage in Mediaeval and Modern times. This book debunks common myths about Greek and Roman music, casting light on yet unanswered questions thanks to newly discovered evidence. Each chapter includes a discussion of the tools or methodologies that are most appropriate to address different topics, as well as detailed case studies illustrating their effectiveness. This book Written for a broad range of readers including classicists, musicologists, art historians, and philosophers, A Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music provides a rich, informative and thought-provoking picture of ancient music in Classical Antiquity and beyond.
List of Illustrations xi Notes on Contributors xiii Abbreviations xix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 Part I Mythical Paradigms 11 1 The Mythology of the Muses 13 2 Apollo and Music 25 3 Dionysus and the Ambiguity of Orgiastic Music 37 4 Pan and the Music of Nature 49 5 Musical Heroes 61 Susanna Sarti 6 Musical Metamorphoses in the Roman World 75 Luigi Galasso Part II Contexts and Practices 87 7 Ancient Musical Performance in Context: Places, Settings, and Occasions 89 8 Documenting Music 103 9 Visualizing Music 117 10 Music in Classical Greek Drama 131 11 Music in Roman Drama 145 12 Ancient Greek Choreia 161 13 Roman Dance 173 14 Musical Competitors and Competitions in Greece and Rome 187 15 The Vocal Art in Greek and Roman Antiquity 201 16 Musical Instruments of Greek and Roman Antiquity 213 17 Ancient Greek Music and the Near East 229 Part III Conceptualizing Music: Musical Theory and Thought 243 18 Acoustics 245 19 Harmonics 257 20 Rhythmics 275 21 Notation 297 22 Music in Greek and Roman Education 311 23 Musical Aesthetics 323 24 Music and Emotions 337 25 Music and Medicine 351 26 The Music of the Words in Roman Rhetoric 365 Part IV Music and Society: Musical Identities, Ideology, and Politics 379 27 Between Local and Global: Music and Cultural Identity in Ancient Greece 381 28 Music and Gender in Greek and Roman Culture: Female Performers and Composers 397 29 “Old” and “New” Music: The Ideology of Mousikē 409 30 The Politics of Theater Music in Fifth‐ and Fourth‐Century Greece 421 31 Music, Power, and Propaganda in Julio‐Claudian Imperial Rome (27 BC–68 AD) 435 Part V Rediscovering Ancient Music: The Cultural Heritage of Mousike ̄ 447 32 The Reception of Greek Music Theory in the Middle Ages: Boethius and the Portraits of Ancient Musicians 449 33 Ancient Greek Music in Early Modern Italy: Performance and Self‐Representation 461 34 The Visual Heritage: Images of Ancient Music before and after the Rediscovery of Pompeii 473 Appendix Diagrams of the Ancient Modes (Harmoniai) as Aulos and Lyre Tunings 489 General Index 497
Eleonora Rocconi and Tosca A.C. Lynch
Penelope Murray
Ian Rutherford
Giorgio Ieranò
Pauline LeVen
Sylvain Perrot
Maria Chiara Martinelli
Sheramy D. Bundrick
Marco Ercoles
Timothy J. Moore
Naomi A. Weiss
Zoa Alonso Fernández
Timothy Power
Konstantinos Melidis
Chres̄tos Terzes̄
John C. Franklin
Egert Pöhlmann
Andrew Barker
Tosca A.C. Lynch
Stefan Hagel
Massimo Raffa
Eleonora Rocconi
Francesco Pelosi
Antonietta Provenza
Verena Schulz
Mark Griffith
Mariella De Simone
Armand D’Angour
Eric Csapo and Peter Wilson
Paola Dessì
Cecilia Panti
Donatella Restani
Daniela Castaldo
Tosca A.C. Lynch
Subject Areas: History [HB]
