 Music
in Ancient Greece and Rome by John G. Landels
Music
in Ancient Greece and Rome is a comprehensive introduction
to the study of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor
Trahan. John G. Landels offers the first scholarly overview
of the practical and performance elements of music, rather
than the moral and aesthetic discussion typified by the
works of Plato. Illustrated with transcriptions of surviving
musical scores, diagrams and line-drawings of instruments
and performers, the book explores the contexts in which
music played a role, such as mythology and poetry. Detailed
discussion is also given to the instruments, including the
aulos, the kithara and the lyre, as well as the ingenious
notation system devised by the Greeks which enables us to
read the few surviving scores.
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