| The Culture of Kitharoidia Contributor(s): Power, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 067402138X ISBN-13: 9780674021389 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2011 Annotation: Timotheus, to that most notorious of musical dilettantes, Nero. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 780.938 |
| LCCN: 2010026469 |
| Series: Hellenic Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 6" W x 9" (1.90 lbs) 652 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kitharoidia was arguably the most popular, most geographically widespread, and longest-running performance genre in antiquity. From the archaic period to the late Roman imperial era, citharodes enjoyed star status, playing their songs to vast crowds at festival competitions and concerts throughout the Mediterranean world. The Culture of Kitharoidia is the first study dedicated exclusively to the art, practice, and charismatic persona of the citharode. Traversing a wide range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia--poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions--the book offers a nuanced account of the aesthetic and sociocultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the songmakers in the popular imagination, from mythical citharodes such as Orpheus to the controversial innovator Timotheus, to that most notorious of musical dilettantes, Nero. |
Contributor Bio(s): Power, Timothy: - Timothy Power is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Rutgers University. |