Question Nr. 6
Plutarch wrote of the ancient Greeks: They deemed it requisite by the assistance of music to form and compose the minds of youth to what was decent, sober and v...
Month: August 2019
Question Nr. 7
Aristophanes, in his play The Clouds, recalls the good old days: Those were the days when students were quiet and had discipline. They studied only the best mus...
Question Nr. 8
Pratinas, in 500 BC, reminded his listeners that the Muse had ordained that the song should be the mistress and the aulos the servant, and not the other way aro...
Question Nr. 9
Pendar (c. 518 BC) sang: Sing, O Muse, sing high and clear O polytonal many voiced Muse, Make a new song for girls to sing. Is this timely?
Question Nr. 10
Xenophon of Athens (c. 434-355 BC), in his Anabasis, writes: Niceratus. My father was anxious to see me develop into a good man and as a means to this end he co...
Question Nr. 12
An aulos player who saw some fish in the sea played his instrument in the hope that they would come ashore ...
Question Nr. 11
Plutarch: The Odeum, or concert hall, which in its interior was full of seats and ranges of pillars, and outside had its roof made to slope and descend from one...
Question Nr. 13
Xenophon of Athens (c. 434–355 BC) wrote that the best choirs were characterized by a high degree of discipline, long periods of training and expert conductors.
Question Nr. 14
Gorgias (c. 425 BC) wrote: How can language even express what we perceive through our senses?
Question Nr. 15
Thales (640-546 BC) famously observed, "A lack of culture is a serious thing." Would he be uncomfortable today in America?