A companion to ancient Greek and Roman music

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Title
"A companion to ancient Greek and Roman music"
Statement of Responsibility
edited by Tosca A.C. Lynch and Eleonora Rocconi
Publisher
  • Wiley Blackwell
Publication Year
  • 2020
Book size
27 cm
Series Name / No
  • : hbk

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Summary: "This chapter provides an overview of the Muses in Greek mythology and argues that their multiplicity, their indefinite number, their lack of fixed personalities and their metapoetic status make them highly unusual members of the Olympian pantheon. As the embodiment of music and the means by which music is channelled to human beings they are essential to our understanding of the meaning of mousikē in Greek culture. Above all their origins in an oral society foregrounds the performative nature of music which has characterised it as an art form throughout the ages"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

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