Music at social meals in Greek and Roman antiquity : from the archaic period to the age of Augustine

This is a captivating story of music-making at social recreations from Homeric times to the age of Augustine. It tells about the music itself and its purposes, as well as the ways in which people talked about it, telling anecdotes, picturing musical scenes, sometimes debating what kind of music was...

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Auteur principal: Cosgrove, Charles H. (Auteur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
Sujets:Music, Greek and Roman
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xv, 442 pages)