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Greek Music - The History Of Development |
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| Date Added: April 05, 2010 02:16:41 PM | |
| Author: kennnedy34 | |
| Category: Music | |
Music is an art form which acts as an accurate mirror of social and cultural processes. If the society or the culture in a certain place is degenerating, the music of that place will reflect it. Likewise, when the society or the culture is booming, the music will also flourish. Thus, music has a major purpose in the tracing the past of a country. Contemporary music owes much to the Ancient Greeks. In fact, the word "music" is derived from the nine muses of Ancient Greece - goddesses ruling over the arts and sciences. Present-day musicians refer to their muse, which is somebody who influences another person's creative work. A great many musical terms originated from the Greek language. Yet, with the fall of Ancient Greece and the collapse of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, Greek music stopped its development for several centuries until it was revived in the 19th century. Greeks are believed to have considered music a way of worshipping God. Music was also an essential part of their social life. It was played on all kinds of social occasions. Because drama was also quite popular in Greece, music was used when drama was staged. Greek music is commonly said to have lacked harmony. It was mostly performed by one vocalist and not by a chorus as is commonly demonstrated in Greek plays. Ancient musicians stringently followed the laws of music and didn't mix one form with another. The rules were so strict that the audience or listeners were not allowed to clap. The aim of musical shows was not to entertain but to educate ordinary people. Pythagoras launched the use of numbers to denote musical scales which he discovered when studying the differences in sound frequencies of varied length strings of a musical instrument. The concept was introduced to Ancient Greek Music. Hence, Pythagoras became the father of music theory. Most musical works, as reported, was monophonic. Hence, they were rather similar. But when musicians started experimenting, some experts like Plato showed strong disapproval. Nowadays Greek music includes traditional folk music and Eastern and Western tendencies. |
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