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"Music in Ancient Greece and Rome presents a comprehensive introduction to the study of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Hadrian, presented in concise and user-friendly chapters, with suggestions for further reading and illustrated with diagrams. Chapters include: an exploration of the contexts in which music played a role, including genres of poetry regarded as musical by the ancient Greeks a detailed discussion of instruments, including the aulos, the kithara and the lyre an analysis of scales, intervals and tuning, incorporating a discussion on the evidence for scales and the concepts of species and key an examination of the principal types of rhythm used in the musical sections in various literary genres an exploration of Greek theories of harmony and acoustics, from the famous Pythagorean discovery and an account of the 1r""041 bilibus, commonly attributed to Aristotle. Music in Ancient Greece and Rome is the most comprehensive introduction available to the history, theory and practice of ancient music."

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'A well-illustrated and comprehensive introduction to ancient music from Homeric times to the emperor Hadrian ... we recommend it highly as a book that is both scholarly and approachable, and of value to everyone with an interest in the subject, scholars, students and the general reader.' - Classical Association News 'John Landels has produced a lively and illuminating survey of what we know ... his book can be recommended to any musical person wishing to imagine for himself the sound, the atmosphere and the meaning of ancient song and dance.' - Roger Scruton, The Times 'The clarity of Landels' writing, even on complex matters, is a real virtue.' - The Classical Review Landel's monography succeeds very well in making a highly technical subject accessible to a wide variety of audiences ... there will be few who do not learn a good eal ... from its detailed account fo ancient instruments, musical notation, and the intricacies of the tetrachord.' - Mouseion 'A well-illustrated and comprehensive introduction to ancient music from Homeric times to the emperor Hadrian ... we recommend it highly as a book that is both scholarly and approachable, and of value to everyone with an interest in the subject, scholars, students and the general reader.' - Classical Association News 'John Landels has produced a lively and illuminating survey of what we know ... his book can be recommended to any musical person wishing to imagine for himself the sound, the atmosphere and the meaning of ancient song and dance.' - Roger Scruton, The Times

'A well-illustrated and comprehensive introduction to ancient music from Homeric times to the emperor Hadrian ... we recommend it highly as a book that is both scholarly and approachable, and of value to everyone with an interest in the subject, scholars, students and the general reader.' - Classical Association News<br><br>'John Landels has produced a lively and illuminating survey of what we know ... his book can be recommended to any musical person wishing to imagine for himself the sound, the atmosphere and the meaning of ancient song and dance.' - Roger Scruton, The Times

This is a good introduction to what we know (and how we know) of ancient Greek and Roman music. Impressive is Landels' ability to explain clearly and provide a coherent context for the evidence...each chapter is enhanced by illustrative ancient anecdotes, making the book a pleasure to read. <br>-Religious Studies Review <br>. engagingly written.. <br>-Notes <br>

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John G Landels

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