Slide 1Greek Theatre Slide 2 Greek Theatre 4 Athenian – 5 th – 4 th century BC 4 Result of a contest; each playwright submitted a trilogy of tragedy and one satyr play…
Slide 1Introduction to Greek Theatre Slide 2 Slide 3 The Purpose Not simply entertainment Linked with sacred rituals and with the Athenian social/political system Plays were…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Question: What creature has four feet, two feet, and three feet, but only one voice? MAN Answer? Slide 3 In Greek Mythology, Oedipus had to answer this question…
Slide 1 1 of 26 Musical Instruments of the Orchestra in the Western Tradition Slide 2 2 of 26 What is an Orchestra ? Orchestra is an old Greek word which means ‘a dancing…
Slide 1 Background on Greek Drama and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Slide 2 Review: Sophocles and Greek Drama How was Greek drama born? It developed from ancient rituals honoring…
Slide 1 Oedipus the King Greek Theatre Sophocles Greek Tragedy Oedipus the King Slide 2 Greek Theatre Slide 3 Theatre developed from two sources 1. The need to imitate Fun…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Greek Theatre Slide 3 Greek History 2500 - 500 BC Slide 4 2500 BC Whose got the power? Egypt Near East Slide 5 Where’s the Greece? ? Slide 6 Minoan civilization…
Slide 1 Drama A short history of theatre Slide 2 Greek Theatre Slide 3 Greece Began as worship / festival for Dionysus Is the foundation of all theatre today Typically had…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Baroque Music George Freidrich Handel Slide 3 Part I Slide 4 Renaissance Music Baroque Music Slide 5 Renaissance Polyphony (Palestrina) too sophisticated;…