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1. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Catastrophe - Oxford Reference

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   Literally ‘downturn’, the term in classical Greek implies a sudden and serious conclusion to an action. In modern critical usage catastrophe usually refers to the disastrous unravelling of a tragedy ...

2. www.etymonline.com › word › catastrophecatastrophe | Etymology of catastrophe by etymonline

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   early 15c., "damage, state of adversity;" 1550s, "a great misfortune or cause of misery," from Old French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," a word of obscure origin. Early etymologists associat. disaster.

3. www.cmuse.org › music-role-in-ancient-greek-tragediesThe Role of Music in Ancient Greek Tragedies - CMUSE

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   Sep 15, 2024 · Explore the music role in ancient Greek tragedies, highlighting its integral influence on ceremonies, education, and dramatic expression.

4. blogs.transparent.com › greek › music-vocabulary-inMusic vocabulary in Greek | Greek Language Blog

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   Feb 29, 2016 · The Greek note names are: ντο, ρε, μι, φα, σολ, λα , σι (C, D, E, F, G, A, B). List of musical terms: αναίρεση (η): natural sign. αρμονία (η): harmony. βαθύφωνος: bass / contralto. δίεση (η): sharp. έγχορδα (τα):string instruments. ημιτόνιο (το): semitone. κλειδί (το): key: το κλειδί του ντο / του σολ / του φα: the key of C / G / F.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Music_of_ancient_GreeceMusic of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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   Music was almost universally present in ancient Greek society, from marriages, funerals, and religious ceremonies to theatre, folk music, and the ballad-like reciting of epic poetry. This played an integral role in the lives of ancient Greeks .

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Musical_system_of_ancientMusical system of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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   The ancient Greeks have used the word ethos (ἔθος or ἦθος), in this context best rendered by "character" (in the sense of patterns of being and behaviour, but not necessarily with "moral" implications), to describe the ways music can convey, foster, and even generate emotional or mental states. Beyond this general description, there ...

7. theconversation.com › ancient-greek-music-now-weAncient Greek music: now we finally know what it sounded like

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   Jul 31, 2018 · This is what most people mean when they claim that ancient Greek “music” is lost. Thousands of words about the theory of melody and harmony survive in the writings of ancient authors such...

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   Why was music important in ancient Greece?

   • Music was almost universally present in ancient Greek society, from marriages, funerals, and religious ceremonies to theatre, folk music, and the ballad-like reciting of epic poetry. This played an integral role in the lives of ancient Greeks.

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   What does the word catastrophe mean?

   • catastrophe (n.) 1530s, "reversal of what is expected" (especially a fatal turning point in a drama, the winding up of the plot), from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophē "an overturning; a sudden end," from katastrephein "to overturn, turn down, trample on; to come to an end," from kata "down" (see cata-) + strephein "turn" (see strepto- ).

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   How did Ancient Greek music get its rhythms?

   • Central to ancient song was its rhythms, and the rhythms of ancient Greek music can be derived from the metres of the poetry. These were based strictly on the durations of syllables of words, which create patterns of long and short elements.

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   Was Ancient Greek music a maddening Enigma?

   • Wikimedia Commons Indeed, ancient Greek music has long posed a maddening enigma. Yet music was ubiquitous in classical Greece, with most of the poetry from around 750BC to 350BC – the songs of Homer, Sappho, and others – composed and performed as sung music, sometimes accompanied by dance.

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   Did Ancient Greek music ever make a head or tail?

   • In 1932, the musicologist Wilfrid Perrett reported to an audience at the Royal Musical Association in London the words of an unnamed professor of Greek with musical leanings: “Nobody has ever made head or tail of ancient Greek music, and nobody ever will. That way madness lies.” Roman mosaic with aulos player. Wikimedia Commons

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   What type of music was used in Ancient Greek lyric poetry?

   • Music was also present in ancient Greek lyric poetry, which by definition is poetry or a song accompanied by a lyre. Lyric poetry eventually branched into two paths, monodic lyric which were performed by a singular person, and choral lyric which were sung and sometimes danced by a group of people choros.

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