Music in the Odes of Horace
Stuart Lyons
Following the success of Horace's Odes and Mystery Do-Re-Mi in which he proposed that were truly carmina (songs), Stuart Lyons further explores orality both Augustan Age their early medieval reception. Challenging perception as purely literary works drawing on extensive evidence Horace other ancient sources, argues objective was to produce a unique type performance art, Latin re-interpretation Greek lyric song entertain Roman elite. In post-Carolingian manuscripts, there are several instances musical notation for Odes. Some help students articulate Latin, but records works. shows arrangement Ode Phyllis Montpellier manuscript Guido d'Arezzo's do-re-mi mnemonic share common ancestor. The long-hidden St Petersburg codex is virtual songbook with sixteen melodies reflecting secular well monastic traditions. These manuscripts provide persuasive sung entertainment teaching. While no provable link between own practice, innovator, songwriter entertainer, craftsman, sang much his poetry accompaniment lyre. With 50 illustrations, 12 colour plates comprehensive set indexes this book will stimulate inform classicists historians. senior Classics scholar at King's College, Cambridge.