Music and the Muses
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More wide-ranging in its implications than the English 'music', mousike lay at the heart of Greek culture, and was often indeed synonymous with culture. These essays analyse the theory and practice of musical performance in a variety of social contexts demonstrating the centrality of mousike.
Greek and Roman MusicSocial aspectsPerforming artsCivilizationHistoryMusic, greek and romanMusic, history and criticism, to 500