Lyre Mythos Combo Pack
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The Song of the Lyre
"A collection of ancient Greek & Roman stories that teaches us not only about the instrument but about philosophy, war, politics, education, and culture in general." â Armand DâAngour, Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford
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Hardcover Premium Edition | Dimensions: 14 x 20,5 cm | Pages: 328 | Color: Duotone | With Dust Jacket (full color)
The Lyre as a Symbol
"This entire iconographic corpus facilitates our understanding of the symbolic power of the lyre in Western paintings." â Zdravko BlaĹžekoviÄ, Director of the Research Center for Music Iconography, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
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Hardcover Premium Edition | Dimensions: 24,5 x 34 cm | Pages: 176 | Color: Full color | Paper: Art paper
Healing Music in Ancient Greece
I begin to sing of Asclepius, son of Apollo and healer of sicknesses. â Hesiod, Homeric Hymn to Ascleipus
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Paperback Premium Edition | Dimensions: 16 x 23 cm | Pages: 282 | Color: 40 full-color and 242 black & white plus sheet music for the ancient Greek lyre
The Lyre Player: In the Footsteps of Apollo
All you need to know to kick-start your lyre journey in a comprehensive compact guide.
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Paperback Premium Edition | Dimensions: 16 x 23 cm | Pages: 140 | Color: 124 black & white and 14 full-color pages plus a foldable poster with all the 98 notes you can get from a 7string lyre
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Nikolaos Koumartzis, D.Phil. (editor-in-chief)
Fotis Giantsios, M.Litt. (research director)
Michael J. Griffin, D.Phil. (scholarly advisor)
Zdravko BlaĹžekoviÄ, Ph.D. (foreword)
Armand DâAngour, Professor of Classics (foreword)
Dr. Athanasios Dritsas, MD, FESC (foreword)
Lina Palera (composer)
Michael Levy (composer)
Thanasis Kleopas (composer)
Theodore Koumartzis (composer)
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Explore the Lyre Mythos.
Discover Lyre's Glorious Past.
^ In Classical Greece, it was expected from all Greeks to know how to play the lyre, as it was expected even from the greatest of their heroes (there are recounts of Achilles being a great lyre player and Alexander the Great being instructed on the lyre). In James Barry's painting titled "The Education of Achilles," we see Achilles being guided by the centaur Cheiron (oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art).
< In Classical Greece, it was expected from all Greeks to know how to play the lyre, as it was expected even from the greatest of their heroes (there are recounts of Achilles being a great lyre player and Alexander the Great being instructed on the lyre). In James Barry's painting titled "The Education of Achilles," we see Achilles being guided by the centaur Cheiron (oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art).
Welcome to a brand-new book series titled Lyre Mythos, a SEIKILO original. It is a multifaceted project, mindfully assembled by a team of skillful authors and scholars, all closely affiliated with the worldwide lyre community.
Our goal is to introduce the mythos of the lyre to a more general audience, exploring the celebrated past of this unique ancient musical instrument through history, arts, literature, and mythology.
Why was it so important to be linked to the lyre in the ancient world? Why, centuries later, were medieval warlords, usually completely uneducated in music, buried alongside this particular instrument? Why did the Old Testament put the lyre in King Davidâs hands? And why did Ludwig Van Beethoven, the great composer and pianist, want to be portrayed holding one in his 19th-century portrait?
These are some of the unexpected but utterly thrilling questions we will search for an answer to. The truth about to be revealed will lead us to new but equally exciting inquiries.
References
Koumartzis, N. (2024). Introduction: The Lyre's Transcendence in The Lyre as a Symbol artbook. Thessaloniki: SEIKILO Books.
Koumartzis, N. (2024). Introduction: In search of the Song of the Lyre in The Song of the Lyre anthology. Thessaloniki: SEIKILO Books.
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Lyre Mythos Combo Pack
Original price was: 131.00 €.111.00 €Current price is: 111.00 €.
