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The Modes of Ancient Greek Music

by D. B. Monro

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface
  2. 2§ 1 — Introductory
  3. 3§ 2 — Statement of the Question
  4. 4§ 3 — The Authorities
  5. 5§ 4 — The Early Poets
  6. 6§ 5 — Plato
  7. 7§ 6 — Heraclides Ponticus
  8. 8§ 7 — Aristotle — The Politics
  9. 9§ 8 — The Aristotelian Problems
  10. 10§ 9 — The Rhetoric
  11. 11§ 10 — Aristoxenus
  12. 12§ 11 — Names of Keys (Hypo-)
  13. 13§ 12 — Plutarch’s Dialogue on Music
  14. 14§ 13 — Modes Employed on Different Instruments
  15. 15§ 14 — Recapitulation — Harmonia and Tonos
  16. 16§ 15 — The Systems of Greek Music
  17. 17§ 16 — The Standard Octachord System
  18. 18§ 17 — Earlier Heptachord Scales
  19. 19§ 18 — The Perfect System
  20. 20§ 19 — Relation of System and Key
  21. 21§ 20 — Tonality of the Greek Musical Scale
  22. 22§ 21 — The Species of a Scale
  23. 23§ 22 — The Scales as Treated by Aristoxenus
  24. 24§ 23 — The Seven Species
  25. 25§ 24 — Relation of the Species to the Keys
  26. 26§ 25 — The Ethos of Music
  27. 27§ 26 — The Ethos of the Genera and Species
  28. 28§ 27 — The Musical Notation
  29. 29§ 28 — Traces of the Species in the Notation
  30. 30§ 29 — Ptolemy’s Scheme of Modes
  31. 31§ 30 — Nomenclature by Position
  32. 32§ 31 — Scales of the Lyre and Cithara
  33. 33§ 32 — Remains of Greek Music
  34. 34§ 33 — Modes of Aristides Quintilianus
  35. 35§ 34 — Credibility of Aristides Quintilianus
  36. 36§ 35 — Evidence for Scales of Different Species
  37. 37§ 36 — Conclusion
  38. 38§ 37 — Epilogue — Speech and Song
  39. 39Appendix
  40. 40The End
  41. 41E f♯ g a b c♯ d e

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