Porphyry'S Commentary On Ptolemy'S Harmonics: A Greek Text and Annotated Translation - Hardcover

Barker, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107003857 ISBN 13: 9781107003859

Verlag: New Publisher, 2021

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The first English translation of Porphyry's Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics, accompanied by a revised Greek text, an introduction and substantial annotation. The work deserves close attention for its remarkable mixture of philosophical, musicological and arithmetical reasoning, and for its special place in the ancient commentary tradition.

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This is the first modern translation of Porphyry's Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonics. It is accompanied by an introduction, a revised Greek text and substantial annotation. The work deserves close attention for its remarkable mixture of philosophical, musicological and arithmetical reasoning, and for its special place in the ancient commentary tradition.

Biografía del autor:

Andrew Barker is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Birmingham. He has been researching in the field of ancient Greek music and musical theory since the 1970s, and has published six books (including The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and a great many articles on these topics. He is the Founding President of the International Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music (Moisa), and Editor of the journal Greek and Roman Musical Studies.

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• Verlag: New Publisher
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1107003857
• ISBN 13: 9781107003859
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 750