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Greek and Latin Music Theory - Principles and Challenges (Hardcover)
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Greek and Latin Music Theory - Principles and Challenges (Hardcover)
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
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A long-needed overview of, and guide to, the principles behind the
treatises on music theory written in ancient Greece and Rome and
continuing through the Middle Ages. Long recognized as a foundation
of musical composition, criticism, pedagogy, and appreciation, the
literature of ancient and medieval music theory has maintained its
strong position in the academic curriculum up to the present day.
Now blessed with fine English translations of many of the ancient
and medieval authors, modern students of music theory have
advantages that their predecessors lacked just a few generations
ago. Yet the ancient writings by themselves do not yield to easy
comprehension. They need expository help. In this collection of
fifteen topical essays, the author offers a contribution to that
educational goal. Covering a dense theoretical literature from the
classical period of ancient Greece to the sixteenth century of the
Common Era, these essays present a detailed examination of subjects
of concern not only to specialists in the history of theory, but to
scholars of the general history ofancient Greek music and the
liturgical plainchant of the medieval West. More than just a
collection of specialized studies or a syllabus of obligatory
learning, these essays present a persistent reflection on the
timelessness of theoretical questions that engaged our musical
forebears and that still engage us today. The author's approach is
perennialist. It teaches us things about our musical heritage that
never go away.
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