Music: Antiquity and Its Legacy

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Dr Eleonora Rocconi (University of Pavia, Italy) Phiroze Vasunia (University College London UK)

Music

Antiquity and Its Legacy

Dr Eleonora Rocconi (University of Pavia, Italy), Phiroze Vasunia (University College London UK)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
28 December 2023

Early music (up to c 1000 CE); Classical history & classical civilisation

Series: Ancients and Moderns

This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices and ideas throughout history. Since antiquity, music has consistently played a significant role in social and cultural life, and although the terms in which it is expressed and the cultural meanings it conveys vary dramatically across different times and geographies, the influence of the ancient Greek concept on modern Western notions is nevertheless striking.

In a series of lucid and engaging thematic chapters, Eleonora Rocconi surveys the roles and functions of music from classical antiquity, through the Renaissance and early modern eras, and up to the present day. The discussion is structured around the key concepts, theoretical models, and aesthetic issues at play - from the educational and therapeutic value of music to its place in the ideal of cosmic harmony and its relationship to the senses and emotions - as well as the function of music in debates around individual and cultural identity. What emerges is a timely reassessment of the paradigmatic value of the Greek model in the musical reception of antiquity in different historical periods. It highlights the ongoing contribution of mousike to modern cultural debates within the realms of classics, musicology, philosophy, aesthetics, anthropology, performance, and cultural studies, as well as in artistic environments, and offers a clear and comprehensive account of its inexhaustible source of inspiration for musicians, theorists, scholars, and antiquarians across the centuries.

By: Dr Eleonora Rocconi (University of Pavia Italy)
Edited by: Phiroze Vasunia (University College London UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781350193826
ISBN 10: 1350193828
Series: Ancients and Moderns
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 28 December 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eleonora Rocconi is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Pavia, Italy. Her publications include several articles on aspects of music in classical antiquity, a monograph on the origin of its technical terminology (Le parole delle Muse (2003)), and several edited volumes, including the forthcoming Blackwell Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music (co-edited with Tosca Lynch). She is also editor-in-chief of the journal Greek and Roman Musical Studies.

Reviews for Music: Antiquity and Its Legacy

Throughout the book, an insightful discussion of Greek aesthetic, ethical, and political ideas about music is intertwined with analyses of how these ideas resonate with key issues in modern musical discourse. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *