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Ancient Greek Music

M. L. West

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English
Clarendon Press
03 March 1994
A fascinating account of all aspects of the music of ancient Greece. Describes the principles, practice, and historical development of Greek music and defines its position at the interface between European and Afro-Asiatic culture.

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Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 217mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   533g
ISBN:   9780198149750
ISBN 10:   0198149751
Series:   Clarendon Paperbacks
Pages:   424
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Ancient Greek Music

It is hard to overestimate the value of this first book to present Greek music accessibly to both classicists and to musicologists whose speciality is not in this period....Should become a model for the kind of scholarly writing that illuminates rather than obfuscates and teaches rather than confounds. Both general and academic readers at all levels. --Choice<br> There are few if any kinds of music or musical aspects of the ancient Greek world that West does not at least touch upon....West has been able to provide detailed commentary on several topics....Martin West has given us a useful, comprehensive treatment of the subject. --Notes<br> An enlightening study which will be of interest both to students of medical history and of social anthropology in its ancient Greek context. --The Greek Gazette<br> It's no exaggeration to say that Martin West's Ancient Greek Music is a book we have been desiring for centuries: a clear, complete, unprejudiced, thorough, rigorous and deep account of the evidence for the basic realities of ancient music. --ARION<br>


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