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Aristoxenus of Tarentum - Discussion Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities Volume XVII (Paperback)
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Aristoxenus of Tarentum - Discussion Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities Volume XVII (Paperback)
Series: Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
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Aristoxenus of Tarentum was reported to have been bitterly
disappointed when Theophrastus was chosen instead of him to succeed
Aristotle as the head of the Peripatetic School. He had a truly
phenomenal output of some 453 volumes, most of which survive only
in fragments. He was the most famous music theorist in antiquity
and came to be referred to simply as "the musician." In addition,
he was a founder of Greek biography and wrote the life histories of
Pythagoras, Archytas, Socrates, and Plato among others. This volume
includes eleven selections, which are almost evenly divided between
his work in music theory and biography. There is a chapter on his
general biographical method as well as chapters on his specific
treatments of the Pythagoreans, Socrates, and Plato. There are
chapters evaluating the extent to which Aristoxenus was a historian
of music, his account of music therapy, his views on musical
"character," the use of instruments and empiricism in his harmonic
theory, and his relation to the "Neoclassical" Greek composers of
the fourth century. This volume includes: "Did Aristoxenus Write
Musical History?," Andrew Barker; "Instruments and Empiricism in
Aristoxenus' Elementa harmonica," David Creese; "Aristoxenus and
Musical Ethos," Eleonora Rocconi; "Aristoxenus and Music Therapy:
Fr. 26 Wehrli Within the Tradition on Music and Catharsis,"
Antonella Provenza; "Aristoxenus and the "Neoclassicists," Timothy
Power; "Apollonius on Theophrastus on Aristoxenus," William W.
Fortenbaugh; "Aristoxenus' Biographical Method," Stefan Schorn;
"Aristoxenus and the Pythagoreans," Leonid Zhmud; "Aristoxenus'
Life of Socrates," Carl A. Huffman; "Aristoxenus' Life of Plato,"
John Dillon; and "Aristoxenus and the Early Academy," Andrew
Barker. Spanning close to three full decades, Transaction's Rutgers
University Studies in Classical Humanities Series continues to
pioneer in the field of classical studies.
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