Commentarius in Claudii Ptolemaei Harmonica / Porphyrius ; edidit Massimo Raffa ; exemplar emendavit Andrew Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305, author.

Contributor:

Raffa, Massimo, 1972- editor.

Barker, Andrew, 1943-2021, editor.

Series:

Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana ; 1864-399X BT 2020.

Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, 1864-399X ; BT 2020.

Standardized Title:

Commentarius in Claudii Ptolemaei Harmonica. Greek (Raffa and Barker)

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Harmonics.

Ptolemy.

Music theory--Early works to 1800.

Music theory.

Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism--Early works to 1800.

Music, Greek and Roman.

Physical Description:

XLIV, 323 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Commentarivs in Clavdii Ptolemaei Harmonica

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016].

Language Note:

Text in Greek, introduction and notes in Latin.

Summary:

How do sounds reach the soul? How does the soul judge them? How can the movement of a melody be accounted for? These and others are the questions that Porphyry of Tyre tries to answer in his 'Commentary on Claudius Ptolemy's Harmonics'. This book collects the vast amount of philological work that has been carried out on this imposing work since Ingemar Düring's 1932 edition and presents the reader with a reliable and up-to-date text.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110425161

3110425165

OCLC:

932577112