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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1. Verfasser:	Cosgrove, Charles H. 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2023
Schlagworte:	Geschichte Music, Greek and Roman / Social aspects Musik Veranstaltung Bankett Fest Gastmahl Greece / Civilization / To 146 B.C. Rome / Civilization Griechenland > Altertum Römisches Reich
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Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Nov 2022) 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
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xv, 442 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009161060
DOI:	10.1017/9781009161060