The Modes of Ancient Greek Music

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Good Press, 27 de nov. 2019 - 1634 pàgines
'The Modes of Ancient Greek Music' by D. B. Monro is a comprehensive exploration of the long-standing controversy surrounding the nature of the ancient musical modes. The author provides a full discussion of the subject, using various sources such as Plato, Aristotle, and Aristoxenus. The book includes information on the early poets, the standard octachord system, the perfect system, the species of a scale, the musical notation, and the remains of Greek music. Monro also analyzes the credibility of Aristides Quintilianus and the evidence for scales of different species. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in ancient Greek music theory and its evolution.
 

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PREFACE
Introductory 2 Statement of the question
The Authorities
The Early Poets
Plato
Heraclides Ponticus 7 Aristotle the Politics 8 The Aristotelian Problems 9 The Rhetoric
Aristoxenus
Names of Keys hypo
The Seven Species
Relation of the Species to the Keys
The Ethos of Music
The Ethos of the Genera and Species
The Musical Notation
Traces of the Species in the Notation
Ptolemys Scheme of Modes
Nomenclature by Position

Plutarchs Dialogue on Music
Modes employed on different Instruments 14 Recapitulation harmonia and tonos
The Systems of Greek Music 16 The Standard Octachord System
Earlier Heptachord Scales
The Perfect System
Relation of System and
Tonality of the Greek musical scale
The Species of a Scale
The Scales as treated by Aristoxenus
Scales of the Lyre and Cithara
Remains of Greek Music
Modes of Aristides Quintilianus
Credibility of Aristides Quintilianus
Evidence for Scales of different species
Conclusion
EpilogueSpeech and Song
APPENDIX

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