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This book develops an authentic and at the same time revolutionary musical analysis of ancient Greek poetry. It departs from the abstract metrical analyses of the past in that it conceives the rhythmic and harmonic elements of poetry as integral to the whole expression, and decisive in the interpretation of its meaning. David offers a thoroughgoing treatment of Homeric poetics: here some remarkable discoveries in the harmonic movement of epic verse, when combined with some neglected facts about the origin of the hexameter in a "dance of the Muses," lead to essential new thinking about the genesis and the form of Homeric poetry. He also gives a foretaste of the fruits to be harvested in lyric by a musical analysis, which applies a new theory of the Greek tonic accent and considers concretely the role of dance in performance.

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This book is about the origins and hence the nature of ancient Greek poetry.

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  • Title The Dance of the Muses: Choral Theory and Ancient Greek Poetics
  • Author A. P. David
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Oxford, 2006. 304p. Hardback. ...David often asks important questions that the scholarly discourse tends to avoid
  • Publication date 2006-11-23
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780199292400 / 019929240X
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.81 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Classics
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Greek language - Metrics and rhythmics, Poetics - History - To 1500
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006006161
  • Dewey Decimal Code 884.010

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A. P. David is Assistant Professor, European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin.
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