The Modes of Ancient Greek MusicGood 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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