Ancient greek music

Course Information
TitleΑρχαία ελληνική μουσική / Ancient greek music
CodeΙΠ2018
FacultyFine Arts
SchoolMusic Studies
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600014661

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Mousikṓn Spoudṓn (2017-sīmera)

Registered students: 69
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Musicology / Music EducationElective Courses534
Music CompositionElective Courses534
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodWinter
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600281946
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The students will be able to refer and consult the bibliography They will be able to understand the terminology of the discipline. They will have a first encounter with the language and the sources of the Ancient Greek Music. In short with the Ancient Greek Musical Writings. They will have a first encounter with the Ancient Greek Musical Notation as well as the findings. They will have the experience of the critical approach of the sources and the bibliography and a first experience of musical performance of Ancient Greek Music based on the extant musical fragments.
Course Content (Syllabus)
This Course offers a first and basic knowledge with the special issues of the discipline as well as an encounter and first approach of the sources. Among others it refers to a first encounter with the early music of the Greek teritorry and its relations with the Ethonological backround of the Prehistoric time of the area as it is now unfolded by the latest research results. The Early Musical System and its late interactive contact with the Babylonian musical system in the environs of the Eastern Mediterannean Basin and the Aegean. The Ancient Theatre and Professionalisn in Music. The musical characteristics and terminology of the system. The Music Education. The Musical Notation and its critical approach. The Ancient Greek Instruments and their development in time. The Extant Fragments.
Keywords
Ancient Greek Musical Writings, Musical genera and system, Harmonies, Early forms, Ancient Greek Musical Instruments, Babylonian Music, Musical Education. Ancient Greek Theatre, Musical Notation, Extant Musical Fragments.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
  • special guests who present their research
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.3✓
Reading Assigment612.0
Written assigments200.7
Total1204
Student Assessment
Description
Evaluation is based on the written works/papers which are submitted to the teacher at the end of the Semester. Among these works there are several questions in reference to special issues analyzed during the lectures and which refer to the interactive process of the lectures and the participation of the students.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
  • Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Σόλων Μιχαηλίδης Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Μουσικής Martin West Αρχαία Ελληνική Μουσική.
Additional bibliography for study
Power Point του Μαθήματος που δίδεται από την διδάσκουσα μαζί με πρόσθετα άρθρα στα ελληνικά ή στα αγγλικά που αποστέλλονται στους φοιτητές κατα την διάρκεια του εξαμήνου. Αποσπάσματα από αρχαία κείμενα που αφορούν την Μουσική Theodore Reinach Η Ελληνική Μουσική.
Last Update
20-08-2025