Terpander
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thumb|A citharede Terpander ( Terpandros), of Antissa in Lesbos, was a Greek poet and citharede who lived about the first half of the 7th century BC. He was the father of Greek music and through it, of lyric poetry, although his own poetical compositions were few and in extremely simple rhythms. He simplified rules of the modes of singing of other neighboring countries and islands and formed, out of these syncopated variants, a conceptual system. Though endowed with an inventive mind, and the commencer of a new era of music, he attempted no more than to systematize the musical styles that exis
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Terpander was a male human born in 712 BCE in Antissa and died in 645 BCE in Sparta. He worked as a poet, musician, writer, and athlete. He spoke, wrote, and signed in Ancient Greek.
His works include Terpandro and Terpander. He is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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- 2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Antissa
- Place of death
- Sparta
- Occupation
- athlete
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of birth
- 0712-01-01
- date of death
- 0645-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- Commons Creator page
- Terpander
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Terpander, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Biography
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- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A citharede Terpander ( Terpandros), of Antissa in Lesbos, was a Greek poet and citharede who lived about the first half of the 7th century BC. He was the father of Greek music and through it, of lyric poetry, although his own poetical compositions were few and in extremely simple rhythms. He simplified rules of the modes of singing of other neighboring countries and islands and formed, out of these syncopated variants, a conceptual system. Though endowed with an inventive mind, and the commencer of a new era of music, he attempted no more than to systematize the musical styles that existed in the music of Greece and Anatolia. Terpander is perhaps the earliest historically certain figure in the music of Ancient Greece.
==Biography== He gained a reputation as a singer and composer, but after having killed a man in a brawl, he was exiled.
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