10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHORMINX»
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phorminx in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Music and Image in Classical Athens
and short, rectangular arms.44 Its first Geometric appearances make it the
earliest attested stringed instrument in post-Bronze Age Greek art; for that reason,
many modern scholars associate it with the phorminx, an instrument mentioned
in ...
2
Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and ...
tiple colors shown on the back of the phorminx in figure 41 could represent the
different sections, but they may simply represent an ivory inlay or some other
decoration. It is quite possible that the top and bottom of the soundbox, like those
of ...
Thomas J. Mathiesen, 1999
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Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1, The Musician and His Art
When they came to the tents and ships of the Myrmidons, they found him
beguiling his heart with the clear-sounding phorminx. It was beautiful and skilfully
decorated, and the crossbar on it was silver: Achilles had chosen it from the
spoils ...
4
Three Aeginetan Odes of Pindar: A Commentary on Nemean V, ...
Cf. also Ionfi.32 W. In Homer the phorminx was often heard at weddings, as it is
here: e.g., on Achilles' shield (1l.l8.495). After he has killed the suitors Odysseus
asks Phemius to play the phorminx in order that the passersby may think that the
...
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, 1999
5
A General History Of Music: From The Earliest Ages to the ...
The use of the Phorminx in Homer leads rather to the rough, manly, Harp-like
character *. But a passage in Orpheus, Argon. 380. seems to make Phorminx the
fame, as Chelys, the Lutiform instrument of Mercury. It is there said of Chiron, that
...
6
The Many-Headed Muse: Tradition and Innovation in Late ...
Even more important is the comparison between bow and phorminx in the next
lines of the Odyssey: Odysseus tightens the bow the way a professional aoidos
would tighten the strings of a phorminx: ἀτὰρ πολύμητις ̓Οδυσσεύς, αὐτίκ ̓ ...
In their midst sang-and-danced [melpesthai] a divine singer, playing on the
phorminx.87 Two special dancers among them 605 were swirling as he led [ex—
arkhein]88 the singing-and-dancing [molpé] in their midst. Iliad XVIII 590-606 87.
Itsframe mighthavebeen madeofwood, tortoiseshellor even alabaster andit had
sevenstrings.60 The phorminx wasa distinctive Mycenaean developmentof the
Minoan lyre.A large phorminx was also made inthe fourteenth century,after the
fall ...
Round-based ('phorminx', 'cradle kithara') 2. Square-based, standard type ('
concert kithara') 3. Square- or round-based, horn-armed (Thracian kithara") 4.
Rectangular ('Italiote kithara') B. Bowl lyres 1. Standard type ('lyra", 'chelys') 2.
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The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre
dance-floor (choron) and cleared a fine contest-space (agˆona), And the herald
came close, bringing the clear-sounding phorminx for Demodocus. Then he took
his place in the middle; and around him the adolescent youths took their places, ...
Marianne McDonald, Michael Walton, 2007
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHORMINX»
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phorminx is used in the context of the following news items.
Von wegen alte Leier
... die homerischen Heldenlieder vorgetragen haben können - den Gesang improvisierend auf den Tönen der vierseitigen Phorminx. «Spiegel Online, Dec 13»
What did ancient music sound like?
... works were most likely sung with the accompaniment of a four-stringed lyre called a phorminx and resulted in more monotonous music. «Neos Kosmos, Nov 13»
Oxford Tutor Trying To Restore Musical Elements Of Ancient Greek …
... word-pitch, while Homer's works were most likely sung with the accompaniment of a four-stringed lyre called a phorminx and resulted in more ... «Music Feeds, Oct 13»
How did ancient Greek music sound?
Homer tells us that bards of his period sang to a four-stringed lyre, called a "phorminx". Those strings will probably have been tuned to the four ... «BBC News, Oct 13»
Uncovering the sounds of Ancient Greek poetry
... singing resulted in a “fairly monotonous tune” due to its musical accompaniment by a “phorminx”, a four-stringed lyre with fairly limited range. «MobyLives, Oct 13»
