Choruses, Ancient and Modern
by Joshua Billings, Felix Budelmann, Fiona Macintosh
Music, greek and romanMusic, history and criticismMusic, influence ofPerforming artsChoral musicGreek and Roman MusicHistory and criticismHistory
The ancient singing and dancing chorus has exerted a powerful influence in the modern world. This is the first book to look systematically at the points of similarity and difference between ancient and modern choruses, across time and place, in their ancient contexts in modern theatre, opera, dance, musical theatre, and in political debate.
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