Open AccessThe ancient musical tradition in late latin writers: 3rd-5th centuries
Author(s) -
Fuensanta Garrido Domené,
Felipe Aguirre Quintero
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
littera aperta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2341-0663
DOI - 10.21071/ltap.v4i4.10805
Subject(s) - musical , greeks , middle ages , notation , literature , musical notation , music theory , art , ancient greek , selection (genetic algorithm) , classics , history , ancient history , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , artificial intelligence
This work is introduction to and a general survey of the treatises written in Latin between the 3rd and 5th centuries that transmitted the ancient Greek musical theory to the Middle Ages. Throughout these pages there will be a concise, eclectic and panoptic view of Latin authors who dedicated their work or part of their work to notions related to the harmonic science of the ancient Greeks. This study will show a “selection” of certain aspects of Greek music theory in its step to the Middle Ages, such as the gradual loss of the vocal and instrumental musical notation, as well as the progressive importance that Rhythmic and Metrics were acquiring into the musical treatises of this era.