Theorie der musischen Künste der Hellenen: Volume 2, Griechische Harmonik und Melopoeie

Published 1885–9, this revised third edition of a three-volume work (in four parts) analyses ancient Greek metre and music.

Rudolf Westphal (Author)

9781108061506, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 June 2013

304 pages, 40 music examples
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.39 kg

Rudolf Westphal (1826–92) originally studied theology at the University of Marburg before turning to classical philology and comparative linguistics. He learnt Sanskrit and Arabic and took a keen interest in Indo-European languages and Semitic grammar. In the late 1850s and early 1860s he joined his friend and fellow philologist August Rossbach (1823–98) at the University of Breslau (Wroc?aw). This multi-volume work on ancient Greek metre and music resulted from their collaboration. Reissued here is the revised third edition published in four parts between 1885 and 1889. Volume 2 (1886) is devoted to Westphal's thorough account of melody and harmony in Greek music. He provides a general introduction to the development of Greek melody through history as well as an account of Aristoxenus' theory on intervals. The latter part of the volume focuses on the scholarship relating to harmonies and scales.

Vorwort
1. Das griechische Melos im Allgemeinen
2. Vorhistorische und historische Zeit des Melos, Homophonie, Heterophonie, Polyphonie
3. Die Intervalle des griechischen Melos nach der Lehre des Aristoxenus
4. Die unvollständigen und vollständigen Susteme des griechischen Melos
5. Die Octavengattungen (Harmonien) und die Ton-Scalen thetischer Onomasie
Nachtrag zur Intervallenlehre.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]