Greek and Roman Musical Studies Volume 1 Issue 1, Page 2

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The Colors of Sound: Poikilia and Its Aesthetic Contexts *

LeVen, Pauline A.

2013 Greek and Roman Musical Studies

Abstract Poikilos and poikilia are, respectively, an adjective and a noun commonly used to describe characteristics of both visual and aural phenomena. But how do the two uses (as term of color and term of sound) relate to each other, and does poikilos metaphorically describe the “colors” of...

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The Debate on logos and diastēma in Porphyry’s Commentary on Ptolemy’s Harmonics *

Raffa, Massimo

2013 Greek and Roman Musical Studies

doi:10.1163/22129758-12341245

Abstract Introducing his commentary on Ptol. Harm . I.5, Porphyry discusses at length the vocabulary of musical intervals and in particular the question whether the words λόγος and διάστηµα should or not be used as synonyms. This paper aims, on the one hand, at analysing the way in which he...

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Power, T. 2010. The Culture of Kitharôidia . Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press. xiv, 638 pp. Pr. $18.95 (pb). ISBN 9780674021389.

Pitotto, Elisabetta

2013 Greek and Roman Musical Studies

doi:10.1163/22129758-12341246

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Huffman, C.A. 2012. Aristoxenus of Tarentum. Discussion , New Brunswick and London, Transaction Publishers. xviii, 382 pp. Pr. $59.95 (hb). ISBN 9781412843010

Visconti, Amedeo

2013 Greek and Roman Musical Studies

doi:10.1163/22129758-12341247