10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORCHESTIC»
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A classical and archaeological dictionary of the manners, ...
Dancing was cultivated by the Greeks with great attention. It made a part of what
the ancients called the gymnastic, divided, according to Plato, mto two kinds —
the orchestic, which takes its no«.« ' — 5 DAN does riot omit to observe, that it
was ...
2
A Popular History of the Art of Music
By orchestic they meant an apparatus of mystical dancing or posturing and
marchng and certain gestures. We do not know precisely what this famous
orchestic was, for no example of it has come down to us in intelligible form. But
from the ...
3
The Rhythmic Form of the German Folk-songs
music-rhythmic grouping Now that we have answered the question as to what
rhythm the folk-song has, let us consider the nature of the groups. We saw above
how in orchestic rhythm the most elementary grouping of impressions was in
twos.
George Pullen Jackson,
1916
4
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians [&c.] Transl
It made a part of what the ancients called the Gymnastic, divided, according to *
Plato, into two kinds, the Orchestic, which takes its name from dancing, and the
Pal(fstric\, so called from a Greek word which signifies wrestling. The exercises of
...
5
A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest ...
Besides this he composed whatwas then calledthe "Orchestic," whence we have
our word orchestra. Byorchestic they meant an apparatus of mystical dancing
orposturing andmarching and certain gestures. Wedo notknow precisely what
this ...
William Smythe Babcock Mathews
6
Ancient Greek Music: A New Technical History
For the single categories, the following explanations suggest themselves: '
Orchestic' music seems at first a bit misplaced in the context of three instruments,
because we expect choral song and dance to be accompanied, either by the
aulos, or, ...
7
Aristophanes: An Author for the Stage
The invitation is addressed to three tragic dancers who, having entered the
theatre not long before in response to a challenge made by Philokleon, have just
this moment won the orchestic agon proposed by their challenger. The novelty ...
Carlo Ferdinando Russo,
2002
8
Encyclopaedia Britannica or a Dictionary of Arts and ...
Dancing in general, was bv the ancients divided into cubistic, fphetistic, and
orchestic : the cubillic dance was performed wi'h certain wrestlings and contorsior
.s of the body; the fpheristic with a fort of ball, or bowl play; but the orchestic ...
9
Romanian Traditional Dance: A Contextual and Structural Approach
The rhythmic system of dance called "orchestic," from the Greek term vorchesis'
meaning dance, is in approximately the same category as the following
measurable rhythmic systems pertinent to the Romanian music, dance, and
poetic folk ...
Anca Giurchescu, Sunni Bloland,
1995
10
Voices and Instruments in Christian Worship: Principles, ...
We give the name orchestic to the rhythm of a song in which the mind, not content
to refer durations to a simple measure of time, subjects the me- lodico-verbal flow
to a compound rhythmic framework, abstractly predetermined according to ...