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Strunk's Source Readings in Music History
O Strunk
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Description for Strunk's Source Readings in Music History
Paperback. How did the ancient Greeks regard music? In many different ways, as the readings in Greek Views of Music reveal. Editor(s): Mathieson, Thomas J.; Strunk, W. Oliver. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AVGC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
This collection presents three entire treaties, as well as excerpted writings on music by Plato, Aristotle, and others. Included is the first English translation of Gaudentius's complete Harmonic Introduction, prepared by the volume's editor, Thomas J. Mathieson, who also revised the other translations in light of recent scholarship. These selections not only illuminate Greek thinking about music, they also help us understand ideas about music set forth by medieval and Renaissance writers and theorists.
This collection presents three entire treaties, as well as excerpted writings on music by Plato, Aristotle, and others. Included is the first English translation of Gaudentius's complete Harmonic Introduction, prepared by the volume's editor, Thomas J. Mathieson, who also revised the other translations in light of recent scholarship. These selections not only illuminate Greek thinking about music, they also help us understand ideas about music set forth by medieval and Renaissance writers and theorists.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393966947
SKU
V9780393966947
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99-15
About O Strunk
Leo Treitler, Distinguished Professor of Music at the City University of New York, is the author of Music and the Historical Imagination, as well as other books and articles on music historiography and medieval music.
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