Archaic and classical choral song :: performance, politics and dissemination /

This book addresses the performance and dissemination of Greek poems of the seventh to the fifth centuries BC whose premieres were presented by a chorus singing in a ritual context or in secular celebrations of athletic victories. It explores how choruses presented themselves; individuals' and...

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Other Authors: Athanassaki, Lucia, 1957-, Bowie, Ewen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011.
Series:Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 10.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book addresses the performance and dissemination of Greek poems of the seventh to the fifth centuries BC whose premieres were presented by a chorus singing in a ritual context or in secular celebrations of athletic victories. It explores how choruses presented themselves; individuals' and communities'roles in funding performances and securing the circulation of texts; how performances continued inside and outside family and city, whether chorally or in symposia; and how such performances contributed to transmission of the poems' texts until they were collected by Hellenistic scholars.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 562 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110254020
3110254026
1283400316
9781283400312
ISSN:1868-4785 ;

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