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13 lip 2023 · This thesis explores the cultural history of music in ancient Rome from the mid-second century BC to the death of the Emperor Nero in AD 68. The discussion centres on the role of music in public and private spectacle. Rather than examining the topic in isolation, the thesis seeks to pinpoint the intersections between musical performance
Introduction: approaches, contexts and genres Images related to culture and education, to musical and intellectual pursuits, are ubiquitous in Roman art. T he archaeological evidence is plentiful, but also scattered and disparate.
Drawing on a wide range of literary texts, inscriptions and material artefacts, Harry Morgan uncovers the tensions between elite and popular attitudes towards music, and shows how music was exploited as a tool by political leaders and emperors.
Music in Ancient Greece and Rome provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Hadrian, presented in a concise and user-friendly way.
No less symbolical than Greek art, Roman art was designed to represent abstract notions as timeless (sub specie aeternitatis). Once formalized in an artistic depiction, the individual historical event becomes an exemplum, a moment in history that manifests all the virtutes which have made Rome great and her mission in the world eternal.
MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE Is music just matter of hearing and producing notes? And is it of interest just to musicians? By exploring different authors and philo-sophical trends of the Roman Empire, from Philo of Alexandria to Alexander of Aphrodisias, from the rebirth of Platonism with
Drawing on the contributors' interdisciplinary expertise in art history, philology, performance studies, history, and ethnomusicology, eleven original chapters and the editors' Introduction offer new approaches for the study of Graeco-Roman music and musical culture. See full PDF.
