Art+and+Music

By chs1brandon Music was very important to Greeks. They had music for many events such as songs to celebrate a birth or a death and drinking or a love song. They also have working songs. Music was used as a accompany to poetry and religious festivals and theatrical performances. Greek music wasn't usually written down. Only fragments of a piece of music were found and is hard to find what the symbols mean. They know what the instruments looked like because they were often seen on paintings and vases. Some of the instruments were the Lyre, Kithara, Cymbals, harp,syrinx,timpanon,auloi. Art Greek life was dominated by religion so it was not so surprising that the temples were so big. The temples also had a political purpose as well

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