First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ancient Greek music and music theory has fascinated scholars for centuries not only because of its intrinsic interest as a part of ancient Greek culture but also because the ...

Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature teems with musical allusions. For most readers the subject has remained a closed book. Here at last is a clear ...

Vol. 1: The musician an d his art ; vol. 2: Harmonic and acoustic theory

In this book, Flora Levin explores how and why music was so important to the ancient Greeks. She examines the distinctions that they drew between the theory of music as an art ...

This translation of Ptolemy's influential treatise on musical and cosmic harmony faithfully reproduces Ptolemy's style and includes all the charts from the manuscript tradition ...

Originally published in 1936, this book presents a discussion regarding the modality of ancient Greek music, using literary evidence supplemented by surviving melodies ...