Background
West, Martin Litchfield was born on September 23, 1937 in Eltham, London, United Kingdom. Son of Maurice Charles and Catherine Baker (Stainthorpe) W.
(Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature...)
Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature teems with musical allusions. Here at last is a clear, comprehensive, and authoritative account that presupposes no special knowledge of music. Topics covered include the place of music in Greek life, instruments, rhythm, tempo, modes and scales, melodic construction, form, ancient theory and notation, and historical development. Thirty surviving examples of Greek music are presented in modern transcription with analysis, and the book is fully illustrated. Besides being considered on its own terms, Greek music is here further illuminated by being considered in ethnological perspective, and a brief Epilogue sets it in its place in a border zone between Afro-Asiatic and European culture. The book will be of value both to classicists and historians of music.
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(This uniquely complete and up-to-date collection of the s...)
This uniquely complete and up-to-date collection of the surviving remains of ancient Greek music will serve as the standard work of reference for decades to come. Since its appearance in 1970, Egert Pohlmann's Denkmaler altgriechischer Musik has been the standard collection of the surviving fragments of ancient Greek music. But the publication of many further texts in recent years has put it in urgent need of updating. In this new English edition, prepared in collaboration with Martin West, the number of items has risen to 61, of which 23 are additions to the content of the 1970 book. All the texts, new and old, have been carefully revised against the original documents or photographs, and many improved readings have been obtained as a result.
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(Over the last sixty years scholars have increasingly beco...)
Over the last sixty years scholars have increasingly become aware of links connecting early Greek poetry with the literatures of the ancient Near East. Martin West's new book far surpasses previous studies in comprehensiveness, demonstrating these links with massive and detailed documentation and showing they are much more fundamental and pervasive than has hitherto been acknowledged. His survey embraces Hesiod, the Homeric epics, the lyric poets, and Aeschylus, and concludes with an illuminating discussion of possible avenues of transmission between the orient and Greece.
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West, Martin Litchfield was born on September 23, 1937 in Eltham, London, United Kingdom. Son of Maurice Charles and Catherine Baker (Stainthorpe) W.
Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1963. Doctor of Letters, Oxford University, 1994.
Junior research fellow St. John's College, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1960-1963. Fellow, praelector University College, 1963-1974, honorary fellow, since 2001. Professor Greek University London, 1974-1991.
Senior research fellow All Souls College, Oxford, since 1991. Visiting lecturer Harvard University, 1967-1968. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1986.
(This uniquely complete and up-to-date collection of the s...)
(Over the last sixty years scholars have increasingly beco...)
(Ancient Greece was permeated by music, and the literature...)
Fellow British Academy. Member Hungarian Society Classical Studies (honorary), Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (correspondent), Academia Europaea.
Married Stephanie Roberta Pickard, December 31, 1960. Children: Rachel Ann, Robert Charles.