This book is the first of two volumes offering a selection of Greek writings on music, newly translated into English and equipped with an extensive commentary. This volume contains passages from Greek poets, historians and essayists, evoking or describing aspects of the practical activities of musical performance and composition, together with excerpts from philosophers and social critics who comment on the moral, education and aesthetic dimensions of the art. Music was of fundamental importance in the culture of ancient ...
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This book is the first of two volumes offering a selection of Greek writings on music, newly translated into English and equipped with an extensive commentary. This volume contains passages from Greek poets, historians and essayists, evoking or describing aspects of the practical activities of musical performance and composition, together with excerpts from philosophers and social critics who comment on the moral, education and aesthetic dimensions of the art. Music was of fundamental importance in the culture of ancient Greece. Its nature and significance cannot now, perhaps, be fully recaptured, but we have a rich fund of information about the Greek experience of music, its forms, its meanings, its social roles, and the practical details of its composition and performance.
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Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 0521235936.
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Very good. Cambridge University Press 1984 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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Very good. The cover may have some normal wear. The text has no notes or markings. This is a withdrawn library or rental book. It is stamped or stickered.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0521235936. Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). Very minor shelfwear to book. DJ spine is sunned with 1 small tiny tear.; Cambridge Readings In The Literature Of Music; Vol. 1; 152 X 24 X 228 millimeters; 328 pages.