Horace's Odes and the Mystery of Do-Re-Mi (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts) - Softcover

Lyons, Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0856687901 ISBN 13: 9780856687907

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Lyons's acclaimed verse translation of the Odes is here fully revised and included with revealing new material on Horace and the nature of his work. The book describes the life and times of Horace.

About this title

About the Author:

Stuart Lyons was senior Classics scholar at King's College, Cambridge, where he took his MA, and has an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Keele. He has spent his career in industry and was awarded a CBE in 1993.

Review:

With brilliant detective work, Stuart Lyons unravels the musical character of Horaces Odes and traces a remarkable link between Horatian music, Guido dArezzo and the discovery of do-re-mi. He adds a complete set of verse translations which, like the original, are elegant, clear and deceptively simple, and put the tune back into Horaces songs.' (Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Director, British School at Rome)

Combining scholarship with a gripping sense of narrative' (Christopher Morley Musical Opinion, 2007)

An interesting read, written with commenadable warmth for its subject matter,' (Justine T Wolfenden JACT, 2008)

Lyons translation is well worth reading for his wit and his often inspired rhymes,' (Steven J Willett Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2008)

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0856687901
• ISBN 13: 9780856687907
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 244