Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019

Abstract

Between the 5th and 1st centuries BCE political theorists in China and Europe saw in music a useful gauge of the political character and condition of peoples and their rulers. Although their ideas lacked a scientific basis, written and archaeological records today place music and its allied forms in frequent proximity to power and its projection, informing identity, selfimage, reputation and status: from household to state, in conquest and control, in resistance and rebellion, in jurisprudence, diplomacy and mediation. A prima facie case thus emerges for the notion that they have indeed something fresh to tell us about power relationships, ideology and political change in the ancient world, and may usefully serve as proxies for political agency in milieux that fall ‘beyond the texts’.

Content

15–33 Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson, "Introduction: Music, Social Identity, Political Cohesion", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 15–33
35–61 Ingrid Furniss, "Political and Musical Change in Early China: The Case of Chu", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 35–61
63–86 Véronique Alexandre Journeau, "Musique ancienne versus musique nouvelle dans la Chine ancienne", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 63–86
87–103 Stefan Hagel, "Shaping Character: An Ancient Science of Musical Ethos?", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 87–103
105–118 Ralf Gehler, "Volksmusik und Recht im frühneuzeitlichen Mecklenburg", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 105–118
119–144 Mark Howell, "The Impact of Sound on Colonization: Spanish, French and British Encounters with Native American Cultures, from Colonial Guatemala to Virginia", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 119–144
145–158 Arnd Adje Both, "Musical Conquests: Encounters in Music Cultures of Aztec and Early Colonial Times", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 145–158
159–182 Dahlia Shehata, "Religious Poetry and Musical Performance under King Hammurāpi of Babylon and His Successors", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 159–182
183–200 Cristina-Georgeta Alexandrescu, "Images of Music and Musicians as Indicators of Status, Wealth and Political Power on Roman Funerary Monuments", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 183–200
201–220 Alexandra von Lieven, "Music and Political Space in Ancient Egypt", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 201–220
221–280 Graeme Lawson, "Musical Finds and Political Meanings: Archaeological Connexions Between Lyres, Poetry and Power in Barbarian Europe", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 221–280
281–296 Eleonora Rocconi, "‘Greek’ versus ‘Barbarian’ Music: The Self-Definition of Hellenic Identity through the Culture of Mousikē", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 281–296
297–314 Christophe Vendries, "Conquest, Political Space and Sound in Antiquity: Concerning Barbarians and Romans, and Roman Discourse on Music and Civilization", in: Ricardo Eichmann, Mark Howell and Graeme Lawson (Eds.), Music and Politics in the Ancient World. Exploring Identity, Agency, Stability and Change through the Records of Music Archaeology, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2019, 297–314