Classical Studies : Music :
a guide to Library Resources
Contents:
Starting points | Finding books | Finding journal articles etc. | Sourcebooks
STARTING POINTS
The following are selected introductory texts/overviews.
New Grove dictionary of music and musicians [electronic]
[Premier authority on all aspects of music including ancient music. Also available in print format]
Ancient Greek music (1992) [print]
[Topics covered include the place of music in Greek life; instruments; rhythm; tempo; modes and scales; melodic construction; form; ancient theory and notation; and historical development]
Apollo’s lyre : Greek music and music theory in antiquity and the Middle Ages (1999) [print]
[Covers musical typologies, the musical instruments, and the historical development of music theory.
Music and musicians in Ancient Greece (1994) [print]
[Illuminates the place of musicians and music-making in Greek life from the Archaic to the Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman periods]
Music in ancient Greece and Rome (1999) [print]
[Introduction to the study of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Trajan]
Roman musical instruments [web access] [link not working as at 5/7/2007]
[An illustrated essay by Dr W. Kowalski, of Pennsylvania State University describing Roman musical instruments & their uses in Roman society]
FINDING BOOKS USING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Books can be found by searching the library catalogue. The following are terms which can be browsed using the Subject Heading option:
- Music, Greek and Roman
- Music to 500
Music theory to 500
FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES USING DATABASES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES
For most topics the databases listed in the Databases for Classics guide should be sufficient, but those researchers needing to undertake a more comprehensive literature search should note the following additional sources:
L'Annee philologique [print]
[The premier index for Classics - if it's unfamiliar, read this description before attempting to use it. See especially Section V: G.d Musique, danse et spectacle for music topics in each annual printed volume]
International index to music periodicals [electronic]
[IIMP covers nearly all aspects of the world of music]
Bibliography of sources for the study of ancient Greek music (1974) [print]
[Covers the period from the 15th century to 1972. It has been updated and expanded by the bibliography in Apollo’s lyre : Greek music and music theory in antiquity and the Middle Ages]
SOURCEBOOKS
The following detail primary sources for ancient music as well as ancient authors who wrote about music
Ancient Greek Music [web access]
[This site contains all published fragments of ancient Greek music which contain more than a few scattered notes]
Ancient Greek music theory: a catalogue raisonne of manuscripts (1988) [print]
[Includes only the works of Greek authors that deal specifically with the subject of music]
Denkmaler altgriechischer Musik (1970) [print]
[A collection of the surviving fragments of ancient Greek music]
Greek musical writings (2 vols, 1984-1989) [print]
[Provides translations of primary sources]
This page is maintained by Jennifer Osborn
Last update: 4 July 2007
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