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A companion to ancient Greek and Roman music / edited by Tosca A. C. Lynch and Eleonora Rocconi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world.
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism.
- Music, Greek and Roman.
- Music, Greek and Roman--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (547 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2020.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781119275497
- 1119275490
- 9781119275510
- 1119275512
- OCLC:
- 1140376214
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