Documents of Ancient Greek Music: The Extant Melodies and Fragments

ISBN-13: 9780198152231 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 234 str.

Egert Pohlmann; Martin L. West

Opis

This uniquely complete and up-to-date collection of the surviving remains of ancient Greek music will serve as the standard work of reference for decades to come. Since its appearance in 1970, Egert Pohlmann's Denkmaler altgriechischer Musik has been the standard collection of the surviving fragments of ancient Greek music. But the publication of many further texts in recent years has put it in urgent need of updating. In this new English edition, prepared in collaboration with Martin West, the number of items has risen to 61, of which 23 are additions to the content of the 1970 book. All the texts, new and old, have been carefully revised against the original documents or photographs, and many improved readings have been obtained as a result.

Recenzje

This magisterial collaboration by two scholars unsurpassed in their field edits all currently known fragments of ancient Greek music, and offers authoritative answers to a number of long-standing problems ... This book is a great advance in our understanding of ancient music.

O autorze

M.L. West is the author of Ancient Greek Music (1992; pb 1994) and The East Face of Helicon (1997; pb 1999) and the editor of several editions of Greek poetry (Hesiod: Theogony and Works and Days; Iambi et Elegi Graeci; Greek Lyric Poetry).