Apollo's Lyre

By Thomas J. Mathiesen

Hook: The next chapters are devoted to the music theory itself, as it developed in three stages: in the treatises of Aristoxenus and the Sectio canonis; during the period of revival in the second century C.

Why read this book?

• Ancient Greek music and music theory has fascinated scholars for centuries not only because of...
• A preliminary chapter, followed by two chapters concentrating on the role of music in Greek...
• And a great deal of its conceptual framework, as well as much of its terminology,...

Every page of “Apollo's Lyre” feels like a quiet revelation.