This second volume of Greek Musical Writings contains important texts on harmonic and acoustic theory, illustrating the progress of these sciences from their beginnings in the sixth century BC over the subsequent thousand years. Writers represented include Philolaus, Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Aristoxenus, Ptolemy, Aristides, Archytas, and Quintilianus. All the Greek texts are newly translated by the editor. Some replace inadequate existing translations; other significant portions of the book include much that is essential for an understanding of medieval and Renaissance musicology. Dr Barker provides detailed and authoritative commentary and annotations to all the texts. Each section is prefaced by an introductory essay and some of the more complex issues are discussed further in appendices.
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This second volume of Greek Musical Writings contains important texts on harmonic and acoustic theory, illustrating the progress of these sciences from their beginnings in the sixth century BC over the subsequent thousand years. Writers represented include Philolaus, Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus, Aristoxenus, Ptolemy, Aristides, Archytas, and Quintilianus. All the Greek texts are newly translated by the editor.
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epitritic ratio, epogdoic ratio, incomposite intervals, tense diatonic, different tonoi, hemiolic ratio, ditonic diatonic, melodic genera, moveable notes, epimoric ratios, complete systema, chromatic lichanos, hemiolic chromatic, conjoined tetrachords, successive tetrachords, duple ratio, bounding note, little air travels, thetic degree, epimoric interval, seven tonoi, thirteen tonoi, disjunctive tone, enharmonic lichanos, complete systéma Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Theon Smyrn, Nicomachus Ench, Plato Rep, Athenaeus Deipn, Plato Tim, Cleonides Eisagoge, Greek Musical Writings, Aristotle Metaph, Bacchius Eisagoge, Aristotle De Caelo, Plato Laws, Aristotle De Anima, Aristotle Pol, General Introduction, Plato Philebus, Posterior Analytics, Sectio Canonis, Plato's Republic, Plato's Timaeus, Aristotle De Sensu, Pollux Onomastikon, The Peripatetic De Audibilibus, Aristides Quintilianus, Aristotle Phys, Aristotle Post New!
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- Posterior Analytics (Clarendon Aristotle) by Aristotle on 6 pages
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- The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History with a Selection of Texts by G. S. Kirk in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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