music, theory and practice of
In Late Antiquity, perhaps more than in any other period of music history, music is marked by a broad gulf between theory and practice. In the West, the surviving music-theoretical writings are the product and residue of the final stages of ancient Greek music theory, whose practice (and practitioners) had long since been forgotten. Conversely, the distinctively new features of Late Antique musical practice, namely the use of music in early Christian ... ...
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