10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KITHARA»
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kithara in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Music and Image in Classical Athens
These same tendencies are found in images of the kithara, barbitos, and
phorminx as well. THE KITHARA In dramatic contrast to the chelys lyre, the
elaborately designed concert kithara was predominantly associated with virtuoso
performers.
2
Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and ...
Kithara The kithara was the largest and most impressive of the Greek stringed
instruments. As would be expected, it is frequently shown in black-figure vase
paintings in the company of Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, and Leto, but it also
appears in ...
Thomas J. Mathiesen, 1999
3
Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its ...
Thus, on Kithara I, Hexad 1 (with sliding rod) is called green, Hexad 6 is middle
green, or MG; Hexad 7 is middle orange, or MO; Hexad 12 is orange. On Kithara
II Hexad 1 is green, 2 is violet, 1 1 is red, and 12 is orange. The notation, for ...
pleated robe, a decorated mantle, and a gold wreath on his head.2" His kithara
might have gilded arms and be inlaid with carved ivory, or (at least at a later
period) set with jewels and precious stones. Sometimes he suspended from it a
length ...
5
Greek Musical Writings: Volume 2, Harmonic and Acoustic Theory
... the sambyke to the female, since it lacks nobility and incites people to
abandonment because of its very high pitch, caused by the shortness of its
strings.180 Among the intermediate types, the kind of kithara with many strings is
more female, ...
6
Monumenta Graeca Et Romana: Euphranor
The kithara rested in the crook of his left arm, additionally supported by the
protruding hip. Its size in relation to the height of the figure can be estimated from
the reliefs Athens NM 3917 (fig. 18) and Athens NM 1359 (cat. 2), where the arms
of ...
7
The Soul of Tragedy: Essays on Athenian Drama
ing in war or politics” (to; swma poiein bavnauson kai; a[crhston pro;ς ta;ς
polemika;ς kai; politika;ς ajskhvseiς), since playing the kithara is a “technical,” “
professional” skill (tekhnikon). Consequently no professional instrument (
tekhnikon ...
Victoria Pedrick, Steven M. Oberhelman, 2005
8
Barstow: Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway ...
The Kithara (first built in 1938) is vertically strung in twelve rows of six strings
each. Each row is tuned to a Tonal hexad. In the notation, a color or number
indicates the hexad row, while each space on the five-line staff corresponds to a
specific ...
Richard Kassel, Ben Johnston, 2000
9
Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1, The Musician and His Art
It is also said that some of the nomoi sung to the kithara which were used by
Terpander were constructed by Philammon of Delphi in ancient times.40 6. 'In
general, the style of singing to the kithara employed by Terpander continued in a
quite ...
Kithara The quintessential attribute of the god Apollo, the kithara was used by
poets and professional musicians in the declamation of epic poems.
Classification Plucked chordophone YGustav Klimt, Music, 1895. Munich, Neue
Pinakothek.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KITHARA»
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kithara is used in the context of the following news items.
ECU holds annual guitar festival at Fletcher Music Center
The second night of the festival the concert included performances by the Kithara Duo and SoloDuo, both guitar duets who are currently Artists ... «ECU The East Carolinian, Jul 15»
US civil rights leader Rachel Dolezal cancels tell-all meeting
Kithara Johnson, a member of the chapter, organised an online petition calling for Dolezal to take a leave of absence. “It's not about race, ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
Machine Vision Software: Real-time operating systems target …
Kithara (Berlin, Germany; www.kithara.de) recognized and presented the benefits of leveraging RTOSs with off-the shelf machine vision ... «Vision Systems Design, Jun 15»
CD reviews: Kithara, Idina Menzel, Meghan Trainor
Kithara's playful attitude turns the breezy tune into a king-sized alley cat in a litter of ... There's more to Kithara than they're willing to let on. «ABS CBN News, May 15»
Nine Ladies Dancing: The Muses on Ancient Coins
Some of these may be erroneous attributions, however; coins with a flower on the obverse and a large, flat-bottomed kithara–rather than a ... «CoinWeek, May 15»
A transformative ritual
Bowen, who is playing an instrument called the Kithara and singing at the concert, also emphasized that Partch based his music theory around ... «Dailyuw, May 15»
Harmonic Canon? Quadrangularis Reversum? Wild musical world …
There's also the Kithara, the Harmonic Canon, the Zymo-Xyl, the Mazda Marimba, the Blue Rainbow, the Crychord and the Eucal Blossom. «UW Today, Apr 15»
Image processing library runs in real time via OpenCV
Kithara Software—a developer of industrial image processing software for Windows—has completed the connection of the open-source image ... «Vision Systems Design, Apr 15»
Real-Time Image Processing with OpenCV
Kithara Software, innovator for industrial software solutions under Windows, has successfully finished the connection of the open-source image ... «Optics.org, Apr 15»
Kithara Trio to perform at Carthage
The Kithara Trio is made up of Sang Mee Lee, left, on violin, Debbie Masloski on piano and Paula Kosower, right, on cello. The trio is ... «Kenosha News, Feb 15»
