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Overview"Aristoxenus of Tarentum was reported to have been bitterly disappointed when Theophrastus was chosen instead of him to succeed Aristotle as the head of the Peripatetic School. He had a truly phenomenal output of some 453 volumes, most of which survive only in fragments. He was the most famous music theorist in antiquity and came to be referred to simply as ""the musician."" In addition, he was a founder of Greek biography and wrote the life histories of Pythagoras, Archytas, Socrates, and Plato among others. This volume includes eleven selections, which are almost evenly divided between his work in music theory and biography. There is a chapter on his general biographical method as well as chapters on his specific treatments of the Pythagoreans, Socrates, and Plato. There are chapters evaluating the extent to which Aristoxenus was a historian of music, his account of music therapy, his views on musical ""character,"" the use of instruments and empiricism in his harmonic theory, and his relation to the ""Neoclassical"" Greek composers of the fourth century. This volume includes: ""Did Aristoxenus Write Musical History?,"" Andrew Barker; ""Instruments and Empiricism in Aristoxenus' Elementa harmonica,"" David Creese; ""Aristoxenus and Musical Ethos,"" Eleonora Rocconi; ""Aristoxenus and Music Therapy: Fr. 26 Wehrli Within the Tradition on Music and Catharsis,"" Antonella Provenza; ""Aristoxenus and the ""Neoclassicists,"" Timothy Power; ""Apollonius on Theophrastus on Aristoxenus,"" William W. Fortenbaugh; ""Aristoxenus' Biographical Method,"" Stefan Schorn; ""Aristoxenus and the Pythagoreans,"" Leonid Zhmud; ""Aristoxenus' Life of Socrates,"" Carl A. Huffman; ""Aristoxenus' Life of Plato,"" John Dillon; and ""Aristoxenus and the Early Academy,"" Andrew Barker. Spanning close to three full decades, Transaction's Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities Series continues to pioneer in the field of classical studies." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carl HuffmanPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138507395ISBN 10: 1138507393 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 28 September 2017 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationCarl Huffman Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |