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The Modes of Ancient Greek Music, by D. B. Monro, M.A

The Modes of Ancient Greek Music, by D. B. Monro, M.A

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Author
Monro, D. B. (David Binning), 1836-1905
Title
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music
Credits
Produced by Linda Cantoni, Paul Marshall, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
ML: Music: Literature of music
Subject
Music, Greek and Roman
Category
Text
eBook-No.
40288
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40288
Release Date
July 20, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE MODES — ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC — MONRO
  3. 3.The Modes — Ancient Greek Music — D. B. MONRO, M.A.
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS
  6. 6.THE MODES OF ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC.
  7. 7.§ 1. Introductory.
  8. 8.§ 2. Statement of the question.
  9. 9.§ 3. The Authorities.
  10. 10.§ 4. The Early Poets.
  11. 11.§ 5. Plato.
  12. 12.§ 6. Heraclides Ponticus.
  13. 13.§ 7. Aristotle—the Politics.
  14. 14.§ 8. The Aristotelian Problems.
  15. 15.§ 9. The Rhetoric.
  16. 16.§ 10. Aristoxenus.
  17. 17.§ 11. Names of Keys (hypo-).
  18. 18.§ 12. Plutarch's Dialogue on Music.
  19. 19.§ 13. Modes employed on different Instruments.
  20. 20.§ 14. Recapitulation— harmonia and tonos.
  21. 21.§ 15. The Systems of Greek Music.
  22. 22.§ 16. The Standard Octachord System.
  23. 23.§ 17. Earlier Heptachord Scales.
  24. 24.§ 18. The Perfect System.
  25. 25.§ 19. Relation of System and Key.
  26. 26.§ 20. Tonality of the Greek musical scale.
  27. 27.§ 21. The Species of a Scale.
  28. 28.§ 22. The Scales as treated by Aristoxenus.
  29. 29.§ 23. The Seven Species.
  30. 30.§ 24. Relation of the Species to the Keys.
  31. 31.§ 25. The Ethos of Music.
  32. 32.§ 26. The Ethos of the Genera and Species.
  33. 33.§ 27. The Musical Notation.
  34. 34.§ 28. Traces of the Species in the Notation.
  35. 35.§ 29. Ptolemy's Scheme of Modes.
  36. 36.§ 30. Nomenclature by Position.
  37. 37.§ 31. Scales of the Lyre and Cithara.
  38. 38.§ 32. Remains of Greek Music.
  39. 39.§ 33. Modes of Aristides Quintilianus.
  40. 40.§ 34. Credibility of Aristides Quintilianus.
  41. 41.§ 35. Evidence for Scales of different species.
  42. 42.§ 36. Conclusion.
  43. 43.§ 37. Epilogue—Speech and Song.
  44. 44.APPENDIX
  45. 45.INDEX — OF PASSAGES DISCUSSED OR REFERRED TO.
  46. 46.THE END
  47. 47.e f♯ g a b c♯ d e
  48. 48.FOOTNOTES

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