Music and Image in Classical Athens

ISBN-13: 9780521848060 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 274 str.

Sheramy Bundrick

Opis

Sheramy Bundrick proposes that the depictions of musical performance in fifth century BC Athens were intimately linked to contemporary developments in the field of music itself, such as the debate over music in education, theories of musical ethos, and the growing popularity of professional musicians. Moreover, she argues that music became a visual metaphor for the harmony or disharmony of the city. Her book is the first to consider the broad range of musical images in the dynamic classical period, as well as their sociocultural and artistic implications.

Recenzje

'… a remarkably lovely volume … [it] regales us with a world of information about the marvelous details of the dominant role that music played … Sell your bed and buy this book!' J. Harold Ellens, Journal of Psychology and Christianity

Spis treści

1. Music and image in fifth-century Athens; 2. Representing musical instruments; 3. Mousike: the art of the Muses; 4. Ethos and the character of musical imagery; 5. Harmonia and the life of the city; 6. Conclusion: musical revolutions in Classical Athens.