The latest collection of Greek musical papyri published by Pöhlmann-West has significantly contributed to our understanding of the history of ancient Greek music and its evolution in time. However it has been remiss in its analysis of the particulars present in the material supports. Considering all musical papyri as artifacts of archaeological interest provides an insight into the musical world that materially produced the existing musical documents. For example, some common tendancies regarding the writing of musical signs testify the very existence of a convention in transcribing musical scores; such knowledge is ascribed to a few professional and extremely specialised hands. Some consideration of the techniques in the layout of musical texts could prove the existence of musical documents not as musical scores for performance, but rather as texts to be preserved and studied.
Le raccolte sui papiri musicali fino ad ora pubblicate, seppur indispensabili per un discorso storico musicale, rimangono tuttavia deboli sul fronte dell’analisi papirologica. Riconsiderare i documenti musicali anche nel loro aspetto materiale permetterebbe a mio avviso la ricostruzione di fenomeni di più ampia portata. L’analisi di alcune tendenze nella scrittura melodica e ritmica, condivise da tutti i testimoni, testimonierebbe l’esistenza di una pratica consolidata nella scrittura musicale, la cui conoscenza era appannaggio di poche mani professionali e specializzate. Una riflessione su alcune tecniche nell’impaginazione proverebbe altresì la presenza di copie non immediatamente destinate all’ hic et nunc della performance, ma pensate per essere conservate e studiate, probabilmente appartenenti ad archivi-biblioteche musicali di corporazioni di musici, gelosi delle proprie conoscenze e restii a divulgare i propri prodotti artistici al di fuori della cerchia dei loro specialisti.
Musica su papiro: la pratica della scrittura musicale nella tradizione papiracea
BORIA, ALESSANDRO
2010
Abstract
The latest collection of Greek musical papyri published by Pöhlmann-West has significantly contributed to our understanding of the history of ancient Greek music and its evolution in time. However it has been remiss in its analysis of the particulars present in the material supports. Considering all musical papyri as artifacts of archaeological interest provides an insight into the musical world that materially produced the existing musical documents. For example, some common tendancies regarding the writing of musical signs testify the very existence of a convention in transcribing musical scores; such knowledge is ascribed to a few professional and extremely specialised hands. Some consideration of the techniques in the layout of musical texts could prove the existence of musical documents not as musical scores for performance, but rather as texts to be preserved and studied.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/195774
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