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Some ancient Greek philosophers discussed the study of music in ancient Greece. Pythagoras in particular believed that music was subject to the same mathematical laws of harmony as the mechanics of the cosmos, evolving into an idea known as the music of the spheres .
Jul 13, 2021 · History of Western Philosophy of Music: Antiquity to 1800. First published Tue Jul 13, 2021. Since its origins in ancient Greece, the Western philosophical tradition has investigated the nature and value of music. This entry examines the development of Western philosophy of music from Greek Antiquity to the end of the eighteenth century.
Jan 5, 2013 · The Greeks believed music could have a beneficial effect on both the mind & body of the listener. The oldest surviving Greek musical instruments are bone auloi which date from the Neolithic Age (7th-4th millennium BCE) and were found in western Macedonia, Thessaly, and Mykonos.
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Greek philosophers saw a relationship between music and mathematics, envisioning music as a paradigm of harmonious order reflecting the cosmos and the human soul. Citation Hemingway, Colette, and Seán Hemingway.
Aristotle believed that music was a key part of a young person’s education. Aristotle advocated teaching students to play an instrument because it brought joy to both the player and those listening to the music. In the end, music was a central part of life in ancient Greece.
May 1, 2002 · Abstract. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Athenian views of music and music education as these are presented in the works of the ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle...
The musical system of ancient Greece evolved over a period of more than 500 years from simple scales of tetrachords, or divisions of the perfect fourth, into several complex systems encompassing tetrachords and octaves, as well as octave scales divided into seven to thirteen intervals. [1]
