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Greek and Latin Music Theory - Principles and Challenges (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,210
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Greek and Latin Music Theory - Principles and Challenges (Hardcover): Edward Nowacki

Greek and Latin Music Theory - Principles and Challenges (Hardcover)

Edward Nowacki

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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Imprint: University of Rochester Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Release date: June 2020
First published: 2020
Authors: Edward Nowacki (Author)
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 978-1-58046-995-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600)
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600)
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LSN: 1-58046-995-7
Barcode: 9781580469951

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