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| Plato & Aristotle on Music |
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-Plato "our songs are our laws", each mode has a certain effect on people
-Aristotle: Music immitates emotion, not vice versa |
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| Pythagorus & Ptolmey in Music |
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Pythagorus: Discovered relationships of ratios to intervals
Ptolmey: Music of the spheres |
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| 3 Great Ages of Euro History |
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-Antiquity: c495BC(periclean age)- 476AD(Fall of Roman Empire)
-Middle Ages: 476AD-1517AD(Split of Church, Martin Luther)
-Rennaissance: c1350-c1600s |
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-Pitches Organized around tetrachord
-Tetrachord: 1semitone 2 wholetones
-Pythagorean tuning: unequal distance between semi-tones |
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Areas:
--Florence Italy 1350
--France c1500
--England c1550
Arts:
Painting c1330s
Humanism, writing 1350
Music 1420 |
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1. Lyre
---Accompanied Vocalists, 7 strings tortoise shell resonator, with plectrum
2. Kithara
---A BIG lyre, used for paeans offered to Appollo
3. Aulos
---single/double reed tube with 5 holes |
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Also "Dark Ages"
-Began with Fall of Rome 476AD
-Monasteries became center of learning
-Poor socio-political conditions |
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1. Theater
--Chorus would accompany actors onstage by commenting on moral issues
2.Synoposium
--Socil Gathering of upper class, everyone talked, some recited music, poetry, etc.
Olympics
--contests in poetry, dancing, and music |
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--Time period when Greece and Rome Flourished
Greek Contributions:
--democratic thought
--Critical Thought
--Growth of Arts
c495BC(Periclean Age, centralization of Athens)-476AD |
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A greek song, set to a brief lyrical poem
--was typically performed at the Synoposium |
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Hymn that celebrates the deeds of primary gods
Often accompanied by Kithara, which is what makes that instrument important |
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| Greek Scale, plural tonoi |
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