In ancient Greece music was very important. Music was a part of education in ancient Greece, boys were taught music at age six.
In ancient Greece, mixed-gender choruses performed for entertainment, celebration and spiritual reasons. Instruments included the double-reed aulos and the plucked string instrument, the lyre, especially the special kind called a kithara.
It was the tradition of the ancient Greek Theatre and the style is also to be found in the modern world in some Asian theatre traditions. The mask defines the character/mood of the character and the audiences learn to associate certain mask faces with particular roles.
The Camerata wanted to create new vocal style modeled on the music of ancient Greek tragedy.
Neoclassicism is the name given to various movements of the late 17th to mid-19th centuries. The principles of Neoclassic style are seen in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theater, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.
because the greek had such good architect and building skill and still has style today
Ancient Paeonia to the north was a foreign kingdom and Epirus to the west, like Macedonia, was also a Homeric style Greek kingdom.
It is traditional music theatre style
It was the tradition of the ancient Greek Theatre and the style is also to be found in the modern world in some Asian theatre traditions. The mask defines the character/mood of the character and the audiences learn to associate certain mask faces with particular roles.
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The Camerata wanted to create new vocal style modeled on the music of ancient Greek tragedy.
the rhythms and pitch fluctuations of speech
Ancient Macedonia was a Homeric style Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula.
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Greek. Many buildings in the US government are of the ancient Greek style.
The Tempe of Pompey was not built in a Greek style. It was a prime example of Roman theatre architecture, not Greek temple architecture. In fact it set the canons of Roman theatre architecture. Among other things, it was built on flat ground with its own foundation. This was a Roman architectural innovation. The Greeks only carved their theatres out of hillsides. They did not have any foundations.
The word "Neoclassicism" is the name given to Western movements in the decorative arts, visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece / Ancient Rome
Ancient Macedonia was a Homeric style Greek kingdom on the northern Greek peninsula that was founded by the Argead Dynasty from Argos in the Peloponnese. Its most famous members were Alexander the Great and his father Philip II
because the greek had such good architect and building skill and still has style today