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The examination of ancient historical accounts of the development of rhythmopoiia in ancient Greek music and the analysis of the main rhythmical features associated with modernist composers of the late fifth-early fourth century BC show that the actual 'novelty' of New Music style in this field lies in a more consistent and elaborate use of ...
Ethnographic analogies and critical theories confirm that the classical music historical concept of ‘ancient Greek music’ carries with it important modern and ethnocentric assumptions and limitations. Indeed, comparative notions and methods are adequate in the Greek context, and archaeology of music is well disposed at their implementation.
Although the ancient Greeks were familiar with many kinds of instruments, three in particular were favored for composition and performance: the kithara, a plucked string instrument; the lyre, also a string instrument; and the aulos, a double-reed instrument.
ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC. A NEW TECHNICAL HISTORY. This book endeavours to pinpoint the relations between musical, and especially instrumen-tal, practice and the evolving conceptions of pitch systems.
This study combines two elements related to music in ancient Greece: musicians and musical instruments of Classical Greece. The main research questions answered in this study are: "What were the musicians of Classical Greece?"
1 sty 2008 · (PDF) Boshnakova, A. 2008 Reading Ancient Greek Music in Documents, Images and Artifacts: on the Practical Application of Musical Archeology. In: E. Hickmann/R. Eichmann/L. Koch/A. Both...
5 sty 2013 · Music (or mousike) was an integral part of life in the ancient Greek world, and the term covered not only music but also dance, lyrics, and the performance of poetry. A wide range of instruments was...
