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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 ...
cient Greek music was perfectly possible without resort to notation. It was not until late antiquity that the note signs found their way into handbooks on music of Aristoxenian hue; writers with philosophical pretensions such as Ptolemy would not use note signs even then. And indeed in many cases
In the ‘classical’ historical-philological perspective, archaeology of music principally involves (a) the organological study of remains of musical instruments and (b) the study of musical finds or representations from proto- and pre-historic contexts.
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.
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...
musica can be read as a history of oral tradition of Ancient Greek Music. The history of Ancient Greek music from Homer to the late 5th Century is musical history without musical notation. Oral transmission never theless handed down famous melodies over centuries. Therefore, even late
Music was essential to the pattern and texture of Greek life, as it was an important feature of religious festivals, marriage and funeral rites, and banquet gatherings. Our knowledge of ancient Greek music comes from actual fragments of musical scores, literary references, and the remains of musical instruments.
