Music in Western Civilization《西方文明中音乐》[摘抄]3

The first evidence of Greek musical genius, the union of song and poetry, was soon joined by two other manifestations. One, pure instrumental music, exerted considerable influence on the nome and melic poetry; the other, choric dance and choric singing, by placing several persons in the role of the nome narrator, relieved the monotony of recitation.

人音乐天才的第一个证明是，歌与诗的联合。很快又出现了另外两个现象，进一步证明希腊人的音乐天赋。其一，纯器乐音乐，他对诺姆与抒情诗歌产生了影响；其二，合唱舞与合唱诗歌，其中的诺姆叙述者使用好几个人，以此来消除朗诵的单调感。

The known historical facts seem to cast doubt on the importance of instrumental music in the first historical phase of Greek civilization. The piper first appeared in a competition about 606, and the first lyre contestant is said to have played in 586. These dates are relatively late, considering the wide dissemination and practice of vocal music in the preceding periods. There are, however, definite signs which indicate the existence and great influence of instrumental music upon the development of lyric poetry, especially that variety which is based on strophic construction.

已知的事实似乎让人怀疑希腊文明第一个历史阶段中器乐的重要性。管乐器大约在公元前606年的某次比赛中才第一次出现，而第一次里尔琴比赛据称在公元前586年举行。考虑到早些时候声乐的广泛流传与实践，上述日期显得相对较晚。然而，有一些明显的迹象表明，器乐肯定存在，而且对抒情诗——特别是基于分节结构的抒情诗类型——产生很大影响。