Format:
xv, 442 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781009161046
Content:
Introduction. The Topic and the Sources -- Sympotic Scenes and Songs -- The Gentleman's Lyre -- Hellenistic Evolutions -- Poets and Musicians at Upper-Class Greek Banquets -- Music and Elite Dining in the Roman Age -- Music at the Social Recreations of the Lower Classes -- Music at the Suppers and Feasts of the Jewish People -- Music at Christian Social Meals -- Purposes and Pleasures.
Content:
"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 right at a party or a festival. In straightforward and engaging prose, the author covers a remarkably broad history, providing the big picture yet with vivid and nuanced descriptions of concrete practices and events. We hear of music at aristocratic parties, club music, people's music-making at festivals, political uses of music at the court of Alexander the Great and in the public banquets of Roman emperors in the Colosseum, opinions of music-making at social meals from Plato to Clement of Alexandria, and much more, making the book a treasure-trove of information and a fascinating journey through ancient times and places. CHARLES H. COSGROVE is Emeritus Professor of Early Christian Literature at the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He is the author of numerous books and articles on antiquity, including the definitive study of Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1786, an ancient Christian hymn with musical notation"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Interessenniveau: 01, General/trade: For a non-specialist adult audience. (01)
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Glossary of Musical Instruments; Introduction: The Topic and the Sources; 1. Sympotic Scenes and Songs; 2. The Gentleman's Lyre; 3. Hellenistic Evolutions; 4. Poets and Musicians at Upper-Class Greek Banquets; 5. Music and Elite Dining in the Roman Age; 6. Music at the Social Recreations of the Lower Classes; 7. Music at the Suppers and Feasts of the Jewish People; 8. Music at Christian Social Meals; 9. Purposes and Pleasures.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009161060
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Cosgrove, Charles H Music at social meals in Greek and Roman antiquity Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York. NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Griechenland
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Römisches Reich
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Musik
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Fest
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Veranstaltung
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Bankett
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Gastmahl
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Geschichte
Author information:
Cosgrove, Charles H. 1952-
