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Re-evaluating the Pompeii auloi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Stefan Hagel
Stefan Hagel
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Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
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The four best-preserved aulos pipes unearthed at Pompeii are examined and their original pitches are as far as possible determined by mathematical analysis. It is argued that the scales of the instruments as well as specific details of their mechanism fit well with our knowledge of music from the Roman Imperial period.

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 128 , November 2008, pp. 52 - 71
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2008

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