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The Virtues of Music - Ancient Greek Philosophy, Society, and Musical Education
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- 1 00:00 // Introduction & Welcome
- 2 00:30 // The Role of Music in Ancient Greek Culture
- 3 02:00 // Law and Song: Singing as Social Regulation
- 4 04:00 // Music, Dance, and Greek Drama
- 5 06:00 // Music and the Divine: Apollo, Dionysus & Festivals
- 6 08:00 // Plato and Aristotle on Music and Education
- 7 10:00 // Music’s Moral Influence in Greek Philosophy
- 8 12:00 // Plato’s Critique of “New Music”
- 9 14:30 // Music, Memory, and Citizenship in Ancient Greece
- 10 16:00 // Singing the Laws: Solon and Civic Practice
- 11 18:00 // The Oral Tradition vs. Writing in Greek Society
- 12 20:00 // Educational Role of Music in Character Formation
- 13 22:00 // Demonstrating Dissonance and Harmonic Intuition
- 14 24:00 // Pythagorean Tuning and Musical Ratios
- 15 26:00 // Ancient Greek Scale Systems Explained
- 16 28:00 // Plato’s Approved and Forbidden Musical Modes
- 17 30:00 // Cultural Biases in Ancient Musical Theory
- 18 32:00 // Music in Greek Drama: Chorus vs. Dialogue
- 19 34:00 // Reconstructing Ancient Greek Instruments
- 20 36:00 // Equal Temperament and the Modern Scale
- 21 38:00 // Music as a Driver of Cultural and Political Change
- 22 40:00 // Final Reflections on Ancient and Modern Music
