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Modern Music Originated From Ancient Greece |
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| Date Added: April 06, 2010 03:12:39 PM | |
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Music is one of those art forms which act as a mirror of social and cultural processes. If the society or the culture in a particular area is in decline, the music of that place will display the same. Likewise, when the society or the culture is flourishing, the music will also flourish. Therefore, music has a major purpose in the tracking down the past of a country. The music world owes much to the Ancient Greeks. In fact, the word "music" is originated from the nine Ancient Greek muses, who were goddesses controlling the arts and sciences. Contemporary musicians refer to their muse, which is someone who impacts upon another person's creative work. A lot of musical terms have their roots in the Greek language. However, when Ancient Greece fell and the Byzantine and Roman Empires collapsed, Greek music stopped developing for several centuries until it was renewed in the 19th century. Greeks are said 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. As drama was also popular in Greece, music was used when drama was staged. It is normally believed that Greek music lacked harmony. It was mostly sung by one singer and not by a chorus as is commonly displayed in Greek plays. Ancient musicians stringently stuck to the laws of music and didn't mix one form with another. The rules were so rigid that the viewers or listeners could not even applaud. The aim of musical shows was not to amuse but to educate ordinary people. Pythagoras suggested the use of numbers to mark musical scales which he identified when studying the differences in sound frequencies of varied length strings of musical instrument. The concept was introduced to Ancient Greek Music. Therefore, Pythagoras became the father of music theory. Most musical works, as reported, was monophonic. Hence, they didn't differ from each other much. Nowadays Greek music is made up of traditional folk music and Eastern and Western tendencies. |
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