ISBN: 9780282778262 - notes and queries, vol. 2: a medium of intercommunication for literary men, general readers, etc; july-december 1874 (classic reprint) (5 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This captivating book charts the development of ancient Greek music and its performance from the Mycenaean period of c. 1400 to the Hellenistic period of c. 146 BC, focusing on the relations between musical practices and their wider cultural, historical, and religious contexts. The author explores how Greek music functioned as an integral part of festivals and other rituals, and how it was closely associated with Greek notions of the divine, the heroic, the civic, and the ethical. Discussing such diverse topics as the use of music in warfare, the roles of musicians in various rituals and contexts, and the importance of music to the Greek understanding of the afterlife, this book offers a comprehensive overview of Greek music as well as providing new perspectives on its significance for understanding ancient Greek culture as a whole. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. …

Condizione: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 570 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.