Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1920 — MUSIC OF ANCIENT GREECE [ARTICLE]

MUSIC OF ANCIENT GREECE

Bands That Marched to War With the Soldiers Played on Flutes, Pipes and Harps. Poetry in ancient Greece was aecampanied by the cithara and the lyre, while the flute was played by both men and women In furnishing martial music to the soldiers In time of war. Musical bands marched to war with the soldiers and played on flutes, pipes and harps. The lyre and the harp were preferred by the Greeks for private use, for' it was thought they did not prevent one from remaining master of himself, while the flute, pipe or clarinet put the man beside himself and obscured reason. There were extensive choirs whose music was distinctly connected with the religious life of the people. These choirs were composed of both men and women and were employed for public and private religious festivals. The choirs celebrated victories in war, deaths, holy days, births and marriages. Aikman, who lived as early as 650 B. C., wrote a choir song for girls which was a dramatic part ■ong.