| Description |
xii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Music in Greek life, poetry and drama -- The aulos -- Kithara and lyre -- Other instruments -- Scales, intervals and tuning -- Music, words and rhythm -- Music and acoustical science -- Music and myth -- The years between : Alexandria and southern Italy -- The Roman musical experience -- Notation and pitch -- Some surviving scores -- Technical analysis of Greek intervals -- The construction of the water-organ (hydraulis) -- The Brauron aulos. |
| Subject |
Music, Greek and Roman -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0415167760 (hb) |
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