Tosca A. C. Lynch and Eleonora Rocconi, A Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music

Gabrièle Wersinger-Taylor

doi:10.33137/aestimatio.v2i2.39097

Authors

Gabrièle Wersinger-Taylor CNRS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33137/aestimatio.v2i2.39097

Keywords:

Harmonics, Notation, Sound, Rhythms, Pulse, Heptachord

Abstract

Without doubt, this book will be very useful to postdoctoral students and researchers needing an overview of ancient Greek and Roman music. Within a rich thematic division, it offers a number of stimulating and accurate details about nearly all aspects of ancient music in a successful interplay of many approaches that will allow readers to gain an inclusive understanding of ancient μουσική.

Reviewed by: G. Wersinger-Taylor,

Published Online (2022-07-31)
Copyright © 2022 by G. Wersinger-Taylor
Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/aestimatio/article/view/39097/29784

Corresponding Author: G. Wersinger-Taylor,
CNRS
E-Mail: wersinger@vjf.cnrs.fr

Author Biography

Gabrièle Wersinger-Taylor, CNRS

Gabrièle Wersinger Taylor is Professor in Ancient Philosophy (Paris Sorbonne University and Reims) and associate member of the Jean Pépin Center (Paris CNRSENS ULM). Besides contributions on Derrida and contemporary thought, her work deals essentially with Plato, Homer, and Presocratic thinkers, especially the musical paradigm in ancient thought. See her recent “Philosophie et rituel. La phono ritualité dans la philosophie ancienne” in Revue de métaphysique et de morale (2019) 103: 171–178.

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