{"product_id":"greek-musical-writings-volume-1-the-musician-and-his-art-paperback-9780521389112","title":"Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1, The Musician and his Art (Paperback) 9780521389112","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGreek Musical Writings: Volume 1, The Musician and his Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is the first of two volumes offering a selection of Greek writings on music, newly translated into English and equipped with an extensive commentary.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Barker (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521389112, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 July 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.531 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book … contains passages in which ancient opinions are expressed on the status, function and practice of music in Greek life … The translated passages are well supplied with explanatory notes that … give the Greekless reader as much information as can be reasonably extracted from the original … As such it is essential reading for any historian of ancient music.' The Musical Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is the first of two volumes offering a selection of Greek writings on music, newly translated into English and equipped with an extensive commentary. This volume contains passages from Greek poets, historians and essayists, evoking or describing aspects of the practical activities of musical performance and composition, together with excerpts from philosophers and social critics who comment on the moral, education and aesthetic dimensions of the art. Music was of fundamental importance in the culture of ancient Greece. Its nature and significance cannot now, perhaps, be fully recaptured, but we have a rich fund of information about the Greek experience of music, its forms, its meanings, its social roles, and the practical details of its composition and performance.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of authors and passages quoted\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Texts and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Transliteration of Greek words\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Homer\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hesiod\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Homeric hymns\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Archilochus to the late sixth century\u003cbr\u003e 5. Pindar\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fifth-century tragedy\u003cbr\u003e 7. The musical revolution of the later fifth century\u003cbr\u003e 8. Aristophanes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Xenophon\u003cbr\u003e 10. Plato\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. The harmoniai\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Damon\u003cbr\u003e 11. Aristotle\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Hibeh papyrus on music\u003cbr\u003e 13. Theophrastus\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Aristotelian problems\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Plutarchian treatise on music\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. The nomoi\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. The spondeion and the spondeiazon tropos\u003cbr\u003e 16. Athenaeus\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Athenaeus' sources\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of works by modern authors\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20music%20%5Bup%20to%20c%201000%20CE%5D%20%5BAVGC1%5D%22\"\u003eup to c 1000 CE AVGC1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004040335640,"sku":"9780521389112","price":28.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521389112i_82631590-c8f1-43df-9607-26de8c4fed2a.jpg?v=1691376225","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/greek-musical-writings-volume-1-the-musician-and-his-art-paperback-9780521389112","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}