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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300036868
ISBN-139780300036862
eBay Product ID (ePID)102270
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameStringed Instruments of Ancient Greece
SubjectMusical Instruments / Strings
Publication Year1989
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMusic
AuthorMartha Maas, Jane M. Snyder
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight41.4 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN87-002103
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal787/.00938
SynopsisIn this book, two scholars join together to explore the musical life of ancient Greece, focusing on the Greek stringed instruments and, in particular, on the lyre family. This book is distinguished by the equal emphasis it gives to pictorial sources of information and to literary descriptions of the instruments in Greek poetry and drama., No ancient culture has left us more tantalizing glimpses of its music than that of the Greeks, whose art and literature continually speak to us of the role of music, its power, and its significance to their society. In this book two scholars--one of music and one of classics--join together to explore the musical life of ancient Greece, focusing on the Greek stringed instruments and, in particular, on the all-important lyre family. Book jacket.