Roman music

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

The Romans took over much music from the Greeks, but turned it into spectacle. In the theatre, at triumphal processions and in the arena, the straight tuba, the round horn called the cornu and the hydraulis sounded, an organ from Alexandria in which water kept the air under pressure. A mosaic from Zliten in Libya shows that trio at gladiator fights. No Roman music has survived in written form; what we hear are reconstructions on rebuilt instruments.

Listening

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  Arena (reconstructie) · Synaulia (Walter Maioli), 1996
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  Lyra and Cithara (reconstructie) · Synaulia (Walter Maioli), 2002
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  Pompei (reconstructie) · Synaulia (Walter Maioli), 1996

See also

• Synaulia (Walter Maioli)
• Ancient Greece
• Gregorian chant