CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION. A SURVEY OF STUDIES IN BYZANTINE MUSIC
AND HYMNOGRAPHY | | | | II. EARLY WORK ON BYZANTINE MUSIC AND HYMNOGRAPHY | 2 |
| | | III. J.-B. PITRA AND W. CHRIST | 5 |
| | | IV. LATER STUDIES IN BYZANTINE HYMNOGRAPHY | 7 |
| | | V. LATER STUDIES IN BYZANTINE MUSIC | 11 |
| | | VI. THE DECIPHERING OF THE MUSIC | 15 |
| | | VII. THE PRESENT STATE OF STUDIES IN BYZANTINE CHANT | 23 |
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I. THE ORIGINS OF BYZANTINE MUSIC | | I. THE ORIENTAL HYPOTHESIS | 29 |
| | | II. THE COMPOSITE CHARACTER OF BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION | 31 |
| | | III. THE VOCAL CHARACTER OF BYZANTINE MUSIC | 32 |
| | | IV. THE LEGACY OF THE SYNAGOGUE | 35 |
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II. THE SURVIVAL OF GREEK MUSICAL THEORY | | I. THE PRINCIPLES OF GREEK MUSICAL THEORY | 46 |
| | | II. THE DOCTRINE OF 'ETHOS' IN GREEK MUSICAL THEORY | 52 |
| | | III. NEOPLATONIC INFLUENCES ON MUSICAL THEORY | 55 |
| | | IV. THE BYZANTINE CONCEPTION OF MUSIC | 60 |
| | | V. MUSIC IN TREATISES OF GREEK GNOSTICS AND ALCHEMISTS | 64 |
| | (a) Gnostic Formulae of Incantation | 64 |
| | | (b) Greek Alchemists on Music | 72 |
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III. THE PAGAN BACKGROUND | | I. ABSENCE OF MUSICAL DOCUMENTS | 78 |
| | | II. THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH TO MUSIC IN SYSTEM LIFE | 79 |
| | | III. ECCLESIASTICAL EDICTS AGAINST PAGAN MUSIC | 83 |
| | | | | | | | | VII. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC | 91 |
| | | VIII. MUSICA PERNICIOSA AND THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL | 94 |
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Publication information:
Book title: A History of Byzantine Music and Hymnography.
Edition: 2nd.
Contributors: Egon Wellesz - Author.
Publisher: Clarendon Press.
Place of publication: Oxford.
Publication year: 1961.
Page number: xi.
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